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"Lijiang Road Climber" rose Reviews & Comments
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I note two references refer to "bright yellow stamens".
My clone has pink. Unmistakeable, beautiful pink stamens which my photo 521 011 shows.
As far as I know, my clone came from the plant collected in China in 1992 by the Australians, Cherry & Mitchell and I believe the path it took to me was:
Lijiang Rd-1; Mitchell & Cherry-2; PT-3; Tina-4; MEF-5; Ruston's-6; PR 2010-7;
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Two possibilities: some observers didn't look past the prominent pollen, or there are two similar but different climbers on the Lijiang Rd.
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#2 of 5 posted
17 OCT 14 by
Jane Z
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hopefully Martyn Rix wasn't easily distracted by the pollen.
remember too, the so called 'Lijiang Road' is approx 122km between Dali & Lijiang, and as Phillips noted of the rose "it was quite common on the way up through the mountains to Lijiang". (notes for 2nd photo page 48 'The Quest for the Rose), plenty of scope for a little variability between clones.
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I favour Margaret's comment about the prominent pollen. But perhaps some input on the colour of the stamens from other countries than Australia would be good.
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#4 of 5 posted
18 OCT 14 by
Jane Z
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Rogers Roses website states that 2 slightly different clones were grown, and that the rose was the most common climbing Tea in villages and hedges between Dali & Lijiang. I've just seen images of the rose on flicker sites, where the stamens almost seem opaque - &/or a slightly lighter colour tone than the petals.
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Two slightly different clones!!! Interesting, interesting. We need info on how they differ.
The stamen colour changes on my bush with age. See photos.
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