Rose plant

A new hybrid tea rose of the tall bush type, tender to semihardy, raised as an outdoor seedling and useful primarily for garden decoration. The most notable characteristic is the bicolor nature of the blooms which have a general color effect between orange and yellow, usually with 25 to 35 petals plus 1-5 petaloids, and a color reverse, especially on the outer petals. The color changes from reddish orange to yellowish pink as the flower matures.

This invention relates to a new variety of hybrid tea rose of the tall bush 
outdoor type. It is from tender to semihardy and is raised as a seedling 
for garden decoration. The rose described herein was grown in Ontario, 
Calif., and the observations made generally relate to that climatic zone. 
The seed parent of this new variety was "Arlene Francis" (U.S. Plant Pat. 
No. 1,684), and the pollen parent was "Bewitched" (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 
2,755). 
The new variety may be distinguished from its seed parent most notably by 
its bicolor flowers. Whereas the seed parent has flowers of a relatively 
uniform golden yellow coloration, the new variety is from orange to 
orange-pink in color, with a yellow reverse to the petals. Furthermore, 
the new variety has a wider range of petals than "Arlene Francis", for it 
may have from 25 to 35 petals, plus 1 to 5 petaloids, as compared to 
"Arlene Francis", which has from 25 to 30 petals. It may also be noted 
that the stamen filaments of the new cultivar are predominantly yellow, as 
compared to the stamen filaments of "Arlene Francis", which are 
predominantly red. 
The new variety differs most notably from its pollen parent likewise in 
respect of flower color. Whereas "Bewitched" is relatively uniformly pink, 
or more precisely, rose bengal in color, the new variety is the orange and 
yellow bicolor, with color reverse, as just described. Also, flowers of 
the new variety open to a flatter flower form than the blooms of 
"Bewitched", which tend to remain high centered. 
The new variety holds its distinguishing characteristics through succeeding 
propagations by budding.

Throughout this specification, color names beginning with a small letter 
signify that the name of that color, as used in common speech, is aptly 
descriptive. Color names beginning with a capital letter designate values 
based upon the Nickerson Color Fan, put out by Munsell Color Co. 
THE FLOWER 
The flowers are usually borne singly, on normal to strong stems of medium 
to long length. The quantity of bloom is abundant outdoors and it is 
almost continuous during the growing season. The fragrance is a tea to 
spicy aroma. 
Bud 
The peduncle is average to long in form, and of average caliper. It is 
erect and smooth. Its color is between Strong Yellow Green, 5GY6/8, and 
Moderate Yellow Green, 5GY5/6. 
Before the calyx breaks, the size of the bud is medium, the length is 
medium, and the form is pointed and ovoid, with a conspicuous neck. There 
are relatively small narrow foliaceous appendages on the surface of the 
bud and slender foliaceous parts extending beyond the tip of the bud for a 
distance equal to one-quarter or more of the bud length. 
As the calyx breaks, the color of the bud is between Vivid Yellow, 5Y8/12, 
and Vivid Yellow, 2.5Y8/12. It is lightly blushed where exposed to 
sunlight, with near Dark Reddish Orange, 7.5R4/11. The inner surface of 
the sepals has a fine tomentum, and the margins which develop on the outer 
surface of the bud bear several stipitate glands; other margins have a 
fine wooly tomentum. The outer surface is relatively smooth. 
As the first petal opens, it is of average size and medium to long length. 
It is pointed and ovoid to urn-shaped. In color, the outside is between 
Moderate Orange Yellow, 10YR8/10, and Vivid Greenish Yellow, 7.5Y8/12, 
sometimes with near Dark Reddish Orange, 7.5R4/11, near the margins, or 
where the petal was exposed to the sunlight in the bud. Inside, the color 
is between Strong Orange, 2.5YR6/12, and Strong Reddish Orange, 7.5R5/13, 
with the basal area near Vivid Greenish Yellow, 7.5Y8/12. The bud opens up 
well and is not retarded or prevented from opening by adverse weather. 
Bloom 
When fully opened, the bloom is of average size, about 11 to 12 centimeters 
in diameter. It has double petalage, with from 25 to 35 petals plus 1 to 5 
petaloids, arranged regularly. In form, the bloom is high centered at 
first, becoming flat to cupped, the petals remaining at first somewhat 
cupped but becoming later, at maturity, loosely cupped with tips reflexed 
slightly outward. 
The petals are of medium thickness in texture. They are moderately 
leathery, with inside smooth and velvety, and outside slightly shiny to 
satiny. The shape of the outside petals is round to broadly obovate, 
sometimes scalloped, with one to three notches. The intermediate petals 
are broadly obovate. The inside petals are obovate to irregular. The 
colors may be modified by being striped, blotched, shaded and/or washed 
with other colors. 
The following is a description of a newly opened flower from a rose grown 
outdoors in Ontario, Calif., in the month of November. 
The outer surface of the outside petal is near Brilliant Yellow, 5Y9/9, at 
the base, blending to a mixture of hues with the overall effect of a color 
lighter than but near Light Orange, 5YR8/7. The inner surface of the 
outside petal is near Brilliant Yellow, 5Y9/9, at the base, blending 
through a color near Strong Orange, 5YR7/11, to a color between Light 
Orange, 5YR8/7, and Deep Pink, 10RP6/12. 
The outer surface of the intermediate petal is near Brilliant Yellow, 
5Y9/9, at the base. The remainder is between Moderate Orange Yellow, 
10YR8/10, and Pale Orange Yellow, 7.5YR9/4. The inner surface of the 
intermediate petal is near Brilliant Yellow, 5Y9/9, blending through 
Moderate Orange Yellow, 10YR8/10, to a color between Light Orange, 5YR8/7, 
and Deep Yellowish Pink, 5R6/11. 
The coloration of the inner petal is the same as that of the intermediate 
petal, both as to inner and outer surface. 
The following description was made from a rose which had been open for 
three days outdoors in the month of November in Ontario, Calif. 
The outer surface of the outside petal was near Brilliant Yellow, 5Y9/9, at 
the base, blending to near Light Yellowish Pink, 2.5YR9/3, near the 
margins. The inner surface of the outside petal was near Brilliant Yellow, 
5Y9/9, at the base, blending through Moderate Orange Yellow, 7.5YR8/8, to 
near Moderate Pink, 5R8/6, near the margins. 
The outer surface of the inside petal was near Brilliant Yellow, 5Y9/9, at 
the base, the remainder being near but lighter than Pale Orange Yellow, 
7.5YR9/4. The inner surface of the inside petal was near Brilliant Yellow, 
5Y9/9, at the base, with the remainder being between Moderate Orange 
Yellow, 7.5YR8/8, and Moderate Yellowish Pink, 10R8/6. 
The general color effect of the newly opened flower is between Light 
Orange, 5YR8/7, and Strong Reddish Orange, 7.5R6/12. The general color 
effect of the bloom which has been open for three days is between Light 
Orange, 2.5YR8/6, and Strong Yellowish Pink, 7.5R7/9. 
The petals drop off cleanly except for the petaloids, and this 
characteristic is not particularly affected by cold, hot, wet or dry 
weather. 
The flowers last on the bush in the garden from 2 to 4 days in October, and 
cut roses grown outdoors but kept at living-room temperatures last from 2 
to 3 days in October, in Southern California. 
Reproductive Organs 
The stamens are of average number, regularly arranged about the pistils. 
The filaments are short to medium length and predominantly near Brilliant 
Yellow, 5Y9/9, in color. Most are with anthers. 
The anthers are medium size, and all open at about the same time. Along the 
margins their color is near Strong Orange, 5YR7/11, just before releasing 
pollen. At the center portion, near attachment to the filament, the color 
is near Brilliant Yellow, 2.5Y9/9. 
The pollen is moderate and, in color, near Strong Orange, 5YR7/11. 
The pistils are few to average in number, there being approximately 90 of 
them. 
The styles are uneven, of average length and average caliper, smooth, 
tightly bunched. 
The stigma is near Brilliant Yellow, 2.5Y9/9. 
The ovaries are usually enclosed in the calyx. 
The hips are of short to average length, flat and broad. When partially 
mature, their color is between Strong Yellow Green, 2.5GY6/8, and Dark 
Greenish Yellow, 7.5Y6/7. They are smooth with thick fleshy walls. 
The sepals are permanent, of medium length, spear-shaped and recurved. 
Their inner color is near Moderate Yellow Green, 5GY5/6, overlaid with 
thick grayish tomentum. The outer color is near Moderate Yellow Green, 
5GY5/6. 
The seeds are few to average in number, about 3 to 10, and are small to 
medium size. 
THE PLANT 
Foliage 
The compound leaves usually consist of three to five leaflets. They are 
normal to abundant, of medium to large size, moderately heavy, smooth, 
leathery, and glossy. The leaflets are oval in shape, with apex acute, 
base obtuse, and margin simply serrate. The color of the mature leaf on 
its upper surface is between Moderate Olive Green, 7.5GY4/4, and Moderate 
Olive Green, 5GY4/3. On the under surface, the color is grayer than a 
color near Moderate Yellow Green, 5GY5/6. 
The young leaves have an upper surface which is between Moderate Yellow 
Green, 5GY5/6, and Moderate Olive Green, 7.5GY4/4, sometimes lightly 
overlaid with near Dark Red, 5R3/7. The under surface of the young leaf is 
between Moderate Yellow Green, 5GY5/6, and Moderate Olive Green, 2.5GY4/3, 
sometimes lightly overlaid with near Dark Red, 5R3/7. 
The rachis is of average size. Its upper side is grooved, with some 
stipitate glands on the edges. The underside is sparsely prickly, and with 
a few stipitate glands. 
The stipules are of medium length and medium width, with medium length 
points turning out usually at an angle of less than 45.degree.. 
The plant possesses better than average resistance to mildew when compared 
to other cultivars presently in commerce which are grown under similar 
conditions. 
Growth 
In habit, the new cultivar is a bushy, upright plant much branched, of very 
vigorous growth. Its canes are medium caliper to heavy. 
The color of the main stems is between Light Olive, 10Y5/5, and Dark 
Greenish Yellow, 7.5Y6/7. There are several large prickles of medium to 
long length which are almost straight, with medium length moderately broad 
bases. The color is between Moderate Brown, 7.5YR4/5, and gray. There are 
a few small prickles of about the same coloration as the large prickles. 
There are no hairs. 
The color of the branches is between Strong Yellow Green, 2.5GY6/8, and 
Moderate Yellow Green, 2.5GY5/5. They bear several large prickles of 
medium to long length which are almost straight to hooked slightly 
downward, with medium length narrow bases. The color is between Strong 
Brown, 5YR4/5, and Strong Brown, 2.5YR4/7. There are a few small prickles 
of the same coloration as the large prickles. There are no hairs. 
The color of the new shoots is near Strong Yellow Green, 2.5GY6/8, 
sometimes overlaid with near Dark Red, 5R3/7. The new shoots have a few 
large prickles which are short and hooked slightly downward, with medium 
length narrow bases. The color of the prickles is between Strong Yellow 
Green, 2.5GY6/8, and Moderate Red, 2.5R4/10. There are a few small 
prickles on the new shoots, but no hairs.