Book  (2021)  Page(s) 22.  Includes photo(s).
 
Telangana Pink

Article (magazine)  (Sep 2019)  Page(s) 24.  Includes photo(s).
 
We come now to an even more mysterious and still unidentified rose, our study name for it being ‘Telengana Pink’ for the place where we first found it in the 1960s—Telengana (which has now become a state) was part of the bigger state of Andhra Pradesh in central peninsular India. This rose is very much a China, with typical habit of growth. bearing light pink flowers with beautiful Hybrid Tea form at bud stage.

Article (magazine)  (2015)  Page(s) 8, 10, 13(photo).  Includes photo(s).
 
p. 8: When we visited Thailand we found to our surprise that the China rose called 'Telangana Pink' in India ...was growing happily in a little town in the Petchaboon Hills.

p. 10: Telangana pink, widely grown, and which extends to Thailand. This rose has defied identification even by the well-known rose authority Mr. Fred Boutin of California, USA. Telengana Pink is very well adapted to warm climates.  As 'Telengana Pink' is very well adapted indeed to warm climates it merits the serious attention of rose breeders.

Book  (2011)  Page(s) 29.  Includes photo(s).
 
Girija and Viru Viraraghavan. Mystery Roses of India.
Our next mystery rose is a pink China that can reach 6 to 7 feet in height when grown in favorable conditions. Named "Telegana Pink" by us, the rose has a perfect medium-sized Hybrid Tea form at the bud stage, but opens to an old rose form. The typical shining China rose foliage nicely complements the flowers, which are produced continuously. We first encountered this rose in the Telengana region of the Deccan Plateau near the city of Hyderabad. The Deccan plateau is in the central part of southern peninsular India, an area that with an elevation of more than 2,000 feet above sea level is better suited for growing roses than the coast. Despite our diligent efforts to identify this rose, including a consultation with California rose guru Fred Boutin, we could not come up with any clear answers. To imagine what this rose looks like, think of a large-sized version of 'Mlle. Cecile Brunner'. In fact we thought our pink China rose was a form of the latter until we had a chance to compare it with 'Mlle. Cecile Brunner' and her close relatives, 'Bloomfield Abundance' and 'Spray Cecile Brunner'. We cannot resist speculating that this rose may have reached India straight from China in ancient times.