valleylynn said:I'm still trying to wrap my mind around a 33" rose bloom.
So am I since that is as big as some rose bushes. Joanne and I were unable to verify that point--there are several posts and articles that mention it on the internet, along with some (non-functional) links to pictures of the rose, so we decided to let it go. I considered that perhaps the measurement referred to the circumference, not the diameter, but in that case everyone made a mistake. One entry read as follows: "... The peduncle was 13 inches. The grower and hybridizer, Nikita K. Rulhoksoffski from San Onofre, California, transported this massive bloom in a small enclosed trailer. When asked what feeding program he used, Comrade Rulhoksoffski said his special program uses approximately three gallons of fish emulsion bi-weekly followed by ten pounds ..." (link to remainder of article doesn't work so whatever else he dumped on that rose can be left to your imagination).
I should note, that San Onofre, from which the rose is purported to orginate, is the site of a 'troubled' nuclear power plant, is built on the Rose Canyon fault, and the local committee organized against it is called Residents Organized for a Safe Environment, or ROSE. (Ahem) I'm thinking it may be a spoof intended to draw attention to radioactive leaks in the area. Personally I find that more interesting than simply growing a big rose, particularly since several sources now report it as fact.
But maybe it's true.
