(1987)  Page(s) 130.  Includes photo(s).
 
A variety of R. gallica ... introduced in 1830, probably in France; not even the grower's name can with any certainty be determined. The name "Camaieux" comes from Arabic, the original meaning being "flower buds,' but later "hard stone in different colors." ... needs a more fertile soil than other gallicas, less vigorous.

(1987)  Page(s) 171.  
 
It is always consideredrisky to attribute the characteristics of a new variety to a particular ancestor, and it is virtually impossible to do this in the case of 'Sourire d'Orchidee'; only one of its parents is known, "Age Tendre," a Hybrid Tea with beautiful pink double flowers raised 20 years previously by Paul Croix at the Bourg-Argental ...