Set of two elegant Hand Painted Wine Glasses with Greigii Tulip and matching Butterfly. Just like so many other tulips, the Greigii also comes from Turkistan. Since its introduction in 1872, great numbers of cultivated. The Greigii group is among the most charming of all tulip varieties. They're typically shorter than other types with large, colorful flowers in warm shades of red, orange, yellow, pink, and white. Most have foliage playfully variegated with purple spots. Blooming in early to midspring, these tulips are relatively long-lived compared to other hybrid tulips.