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It ain't white. Why is this sort of error not picked up by those who monitor this site? Charles Quest-Ritson.
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#1 of 5 posted
23 AUG 12 by
Pongracz
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Dear Mr. Quest-Ritson, We can assure you this is the White Queen Elizabeth, it can be flushed with pink upon opening, especially in a shady location or during a sunless period. Sports are also known to revert back to their parent from time to time, as I am sure you are aware. Normally this is not a very spectacular rose, but this time it was very unique and that was why we sent the picture to HMF. Sometimes flowers can do the most interesting things and this is what we find most interesting and these are the pictures we mostly like to upload, to show how wonderful and unique each flower is.
We have several of your books and we fully respect your opinion and knowledge, but we assure you this is the White Queen Elizabeth being contrary as her highness is entitled to be. At most other times she is her Whitest, but on this day, she chose to wear pink. This is what makes roses so much fun, don't you think?
Our best regards to you! Celeste and Péter
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Thank you for your detailed response about how a rose which is the sport of another rose can revert back to the original rose. I have removed the inaccurate code.
It might be valuable to site users down the road if you included the information that this photo of 'White Queen Elizabeth' is a reversion. Using the EDIT button when you open your photo will allow you to edit your comments.
btw ... a lovely photo.
Smiles,
Lyn
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#4 of 5 posted
24 AUG 12 by
Pongracz
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Hi Lyn, thanks! I did edit the photo description, my bad. I will try to do that from now on when it is unusual. We have many unusual photos, we just forget to give a bit more detail.
The inaccurate code was still showing, I guess it takes a bit of time, no worries in any case.
Smiling back at ya!
Celeste and Péter
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I am so sorry... I have only just signed up for HMF and I did not realise that my comments to the administrator would be sent to you. What I was suggesting was that HMF should have some procedure in place that would enable it to intervene when a picture is posted that seems, prima facie, to be wrongly named. I thought it should have queried the pinkness of your 'White Queen Elizabeth' when you first posted it. Your explanation, of course, is quite acceptable, though I wonder whether it is correct to post the reversion as 'WQE' or 'QE'? If HMF says that it does not have the staff to monitor uploads, then that is a serious matter... it would seem that HMF has created a Leviathan that it cannot control.
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We do not have the resources to monitor the addition of every photo everyday. Instead we count on the HMF community to point out possible errors and hopefully take the time to report them to us as you have done here - thank you very much. We will look into the matter.
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