I painted tulip fire, caused by Botrytis tulipae, for the March illustration of the BSPP 2024 plant pathogens calendar.

BSPP 2024 Calendar – Images by Helen Pennington – BSPP – The British Society for Plant Pathology

The painting depicts a purple tulip flower with five distorted leaves. Both leaves and flower are marked with brown lesions, showing the classic symptoms of this fungal disease.