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Here's one from as close as I could get to underneath. My Oklahoma was about 5 feet tall and these canes are no more than 2 feet tall.![]() |
Here's the fourth one that's in bloom right now. They're on all three canes and there are still some unopened buds.![]() |
melva Jun 22, 2010 7:42 PM CST |
How very odd! |
Skiekitty Jun 22, 2010 9:16 PM CST |
Absolutely GORGEOUS!! If it's not something you'd want to keep, I can happily provide it with a crappy home with me!! LOL!!!! ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Roses are one of my passions! Just opened, my Etsy shop (to fund my rose hobby)! http://www.etsy.com/shop/Tweet... |
porkpal Jun 22, 2010 10:05 PM CST |
Is it from the rootstock? If so which one looks that lovely? Porkpal |
Thanks so much for the offer, Toni, but I think I'll keep it at its present crappy home. If any rootstock looked like this, Porkpal, I'd happily kill a lot of my roses just to get more of these. |
porkpal Jun 23, 2010 8:23 AM CST |
Me too! Porkpal |
Steve812 Jun 25, 2010 5:31 PM CST |
Hmmm. It's Dr. Huey from Oklahoma. In pinstripes. ![]() It looks like the color is exactly that of Dr. H. And the rose is about the size of Oklahoma, but not quite as rigidly high-centered. Is it remotely possible that some of the genetic material from rootstock got mixed up with material from OK? (I know it almost never happens, but that could be different from absolutely never.) Could the stripes be caused by a virus? Or is that a phenomenon only known in tulips. When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
Cool description, Steve. The canes are still only about 2 feet tall. Any wayward Hueys would be 5 or 6 feet tall by now, the blooms are much bigger than Huey blooms, the foliage isn't Huey foliage, and all the Hueys around here stopped blooming long ago. I think stripes can be the result of a virus even in roses, so that could be the explanation for that part of the phenomenon, but what could produce a rose with blooms the size and color (other than the striping) of Oklahoma without the characteristic shape? Whatever it is, I love it! |
porkpal Jun 25, 2010 9:34 PM CST |
Infiltration by aliens? Porkpal |
Mystery solved. |
Steve812 Jun 26, 2010 1:00 PM CST |
Indeed. When you dance with nature, try not to step on her toes. |
What a freaky but wonderful surprise!! |
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