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Apricot or apricot blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KOReklia
Exhibition name: Valencia ® (hybrid tea, Kordes before 1987)

Bred by W. Kordes & Sons (Germany, before 1987).

Hybrid Tea.  

Amber - yellow.  Strong, rose, opinions vary fragrance.  up to 35 petals.  Average diameter 4.75".  Large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  

Medium, bushy, upright.  Large foliage.  

Height: 28" to 6' (70 to 185cm).  Width: 26" to 5' (65 to 150cm).

USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for cut flower, garden or specimen.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom.  Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  

It may be possible that the seed parent was in fact Kordes 1990 ‘Jana’.