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• Miguel Aldrufeu
• Miquel Andrufeu
• Mrs. Cole Porter

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Average rating: EXCELLENT.  

Orange-pink, medium pink Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: Linda Porter

Bred by Pedro (Pere) Dot (Spain, 1954).
Introduced in United States by Bobbink & Atkins in 1957 as 'Linda Porter'.
Introduced in Australia by Hazlewood Bros. Pty. Ltd. in 1958 as 'Miguel Aldrufeu'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Salmon-pink.  Apricot filaments. Sets no hips.  Strong fragrance.  46 to 58 petals.  Average diameter 5.25".  Very full (41+ petals), globular bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  

Bushy, upright, well-branched.  Leathery foliage.  

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  

United States - Patent No: PP 1,507  on  28 Aug 1956   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 543,044  on  26 Oct 1955

See references for the dedication of both names.
Linda Belle Lee Thomas (November 17, 1883 Louisville KY - May 20, 1954 New York City), American socialite, wife of musical theatre composer Cole Porter
Miquel Aldrufeu i Gurgui, Chief gardener of Barcelona, professor at the School of Gardening, director of the gardens of the Universal Exposition in 1929

[Composer Cole Porter was born 9 June 1891. On 19 December 1919, he married Linda Thomas, who died in 1958. Porter himself died 15 October 1964.]