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'The Probable Amphidiploid' rose Reviews & Comments
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Does anyone know if a plant of this rose still exists?
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1 DEC 19 by
 jedmar
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Is it lost in the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden? According to the references and photos it was also planted in the Huntingdon Botanical Gardens. You might check with them.
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It existed in the Rose Study Plot, where the new Chinese Pavilion now sits. I seriously doubt it is there anywhere now.
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I've been on the quest for this hybrid for some time, and as best I can tell, it is extinct as of the last year or two. The San Jose accession appears to have been the last extant plant. A very disappointing loss.
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I have just emailed Tom Carruth, Curator of Roses at The Huntington, to inquire if he knows of its existence elsewhere on their grounds.
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As I understand the linked article from the American Rose Annual, 1987 "A PROBABLE AMPHIDIPLOID OF ROSA ABYSSINICA AND ROSA RUGOSA" written by Dr. Basye, the parentage should more properly read *seedling* of the diploid cross, (R. moschata abysinnica x R. rugosa rubra). It is a presumed self, and presumed amphidiploid, but Basye acknowledges possibility of it being a tri-species hybrid as he had tetraploid species in his garden which might have paired with an unreduced female gamete to produce this tetraploid.
Thanks.
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Read more about this rose here:
A Probable Amphidiploid of Rosa abyssinica and Rosa rugosa
http://bulbnrose.x10.mx/Roses/breeding/basye/Amphidiploid/Amphidiploid.html
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thank you Jonathon. We've added that website as a reference for the rose.
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This rose, much like R. kordesii, is actually a seedling from R. moschata abysinnica x R. rugosa rubra. He wrote in his ARS article that he doesn't know that this is a true amphidiploid, but he believes that it might be. |
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