This rose apparently is a sport of "Tropico Sunblaze" (meiglassol).
From the Australian Plant Varieties Journal, vol 11(1), 1998: Description (Table 31, Figure 6) Plant: miniature, broad bush, strong growth. Young shoot: anthocyanin colouration absent. Thorns: present, density light to medium, size uniform, long (mean 6.8mm), upper side concave to flat, lower side concave. Leaf: size medium, colour light to medium green, upper surface glossy. Terminal leaflet: cross section mainly flat, margin undulation absent or very weak, length small to medium (mean 30.2mm), width narrow (mean 17.4mm), base shape obtuse, petiolule; length medium (mean 12.2mm). Flowering shoot: predominantly single flowers, occasional cluster of 2. Flower pedicel: many stiff glandular hairs, small thorns. Flower bud: shape ovate. Flower: type double, petal number very many (100plus), diameter medium (mean 65.9mm), view from above irregularly round, upper profile flattened convex, lower profile slightly concave, fragrance medium, colour light pink with coppery/apricot centre. Sepal: length medium (mean 25.0mm), extensions weak to medium. Flower petal: size medium, reflexed margins medium, margin undulations weak, colour light pink, inside surface; colour middle zone near RHS 56A/56B and margin RHS 56C, basal spot; present, boundary ill-defined, colour yellow. Outside surface; colour middle zone near RHS 56A/56B, margin RHS 56C, basal spot present, boundary ill-defined. Stamen: colour rich yellow, anthers few. Style: colour pale green, reddish towards stigma. Seed vessel: size medium to small, shape pitcher towards funnel. Flowering: remontant. Origin Spontaneous mutation : ‘Meiglassol’A(PBR 93/111). Breeder: Alain Antoine Meilland, Antibes, France. Selection criteria: miniature rose, suitable pot culture, good flower size, ochre colour, perfume. Propagation: vegetatively through numerous generations.
I used to have a well-scented orange miniature about 15 years ago, when I lived in Sydney and only had a balcony to garden on. Maybe this was it. Possums developed a taste for the blooms; Cockatoos snapped them off just because they could.
It seems very hard to find in Europe, but I have just ordered it from Nino Sanremo.
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