Hybrid tea rose plant named &#8216;TANrelcig&#8217;

Hybrid tea rose plant having a shiny red blossom color.

Genus and species: Rosa hybrida.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to a new and distinct variety of rose plant which was a spontaneous mutation of the variety TANkalcig (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,650) discovered by me in April, 1998 on a plant growing in a greenhouse at Uetersen, Germany.

Asexual reproduction of this new variety by budding, as performed at Uetersen, Germany, shows that the foregoing and all other characteristics and distinctions come true to form and are established and transmitted through succeeding propagations.

COMPARISON WITH PARENT

The rose variety TANrelcig differs from its parent principally in the color of the flower. In TANrelcig the upper surface of the petal is a shiny red ranging from Red Group 46B to Red Group 46A, and in TANkalcig the upper surface is Red Group 47A. In TANrelcig the reverse sides of the petals are Red Group 47A whereas in TANkalcig the reverse sides are Red Group 53A.

COMPARISON WITH SIMILAR VARIETY

The most similar rose variety to the candidate variety is its parent TANkalcig from which it differs as indicated above.

DETAILED BOTANICAL DESCRIPTION

The following is a detailed description of my new rose cultivar with color descriptions using terminology in accordance with The Royal Horticultural Society (London) Colour Chart (1966), except where ordinary dictionary significance of color is indicated.

FLOWER

Observations made from plants of 3 years of age grown in a greenhouse environment at North Germany:

Size. About 2.8 cm long and 1.4 cm in diameter when the petals start to unfurl.

Form. The bud form is globular.

Color. When sepals first divide, bud color is Red Group 45C. When half blown, the upper sides of the petals are Red Group 46A; and the lower sides of the petals are Red Group 46D.

Size. Average open diameter is about 9.5 cm.

Stems. Strength: Strong. Average length is about 75 cm and diameter is 0.6 cm.

Petalage. Number of petals under normal conditions: 31.

Color. The upper sides of the petals are Red Group 46A to Red Group 46B. The reverse sides of the petals are Red Group 47A. The base of each petal has an Orange-White Group 159A spot. The major color on the upper side is Red Group 46A.

Discoloration. The general tonality at the end of the first day: No fading. At the end of the third day: No fading.

Margin. Not serrated but the ends of the petals curl back. Apex Shape: Pointed. Base Shape: Circular.

Persistence. Petals hang on and dry.

PLANT

Foliage: Number of leaflets on normal mid-stem leaves: 5.

Color. New foliage: Upper side: Green Group 135A. Lower side: Green Group 136C. Old foliage: Upper side: Green Group 136A. Lower side: Green Group 137B.

Disease resistance. Resistant to blackspot and susceptible to mildew and rust in a greenhouse under normal growing conditions.

Vein color. Same as leaflet color.

Quantity. On main canes from base: 10 per 20 cm stem length.

Color when young. Green Group 133A overlaid with Greyed-Orange Group 172A.