Tulips can be reproduced asexually from bulbs or be grown from seeds, though starting from seed takes 7 to 10 years to cultivate a mature plant and bulbs. How does this information MOST help explain the short supply and high demand for tulips during the 17th century tulip craze?
- Creating new hybrids with sexual reproduction took a long time.
- Creating new hybrids by dividing parent bulbs took a long time.
- There was only one bulb available for each tulip variety.
- The tulips propagated with bulbs were often weaker and died.
