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Etienne saw photos that Di posted on FB and proposed Luciole as a possible ID.
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18 NOV 13 by
 kai-eric
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luciole is said to have a particularly strong fragrance. this should be verified.
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This rose has been compared to rosa brunonii and thought to be the same rose. Some rosarians believe that this rose may have been sold by Roses of Yesterday and Today as the musk rose in the mid 1900s.
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Billy was wondering if the glandularity is consistent through all seasons. Have you observed it enough to know? Janelle
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Unfortunately, not enough observation to know. This is the plant's first real flush. The rose was put in the ground December 2011 and there were maybe a dozen blooms scattered over all of last season (2012). I did not pay close attention, but I do know that the buds were glandular at some point last year, because of noticing the scent left on my fingers. I will certainly monitor phenology of the trait on my plant over future seasons.
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Thanks for your excellent photos Deborah! (And to Janelle for telling me about your rose.)
Would you be able to take a set, showing the same features, every few months or when you have the opportunity. It would be very good to have a photographic record of variations in form and colour over the seasons. Probably too early to tell, but does it seem like a rose that repeats regularly, or does it have an exuberant spring flush and occasional blooms after that?
Do many others grow this rose? In different climate zones? Photos and observations from other zones would help build up information about the extent of its variability.
I'm curious to know how much the colour varies.
Do you know whether the original plant still exists?
Glandular, bristly pedicels aren't uncommon in Teas but receptacles that are consistently this glandular are rare and if this is a stable trait in "Florence Bower's Pink Tea", it might help track down its original name - it'll certainly be a way to eliminate possibilities!
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Is the pointed petal look common? weather related? Haven't observed our probable plant often enough to know if it does this.
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The quilled and spiky blooms come during the hottest, dryest months - late summer (Jan, Feb, March here) - though I wonder whether thrip activity may also contribute as they are active during the dry months.
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