"Bird Children Rose

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"Bird Children rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Margaret Furness

Synonyms:

• "Bird Children Pink"
• "McCulloch Grave (white)"

Origin:

Discovered by Barbara May (Australia, before 2007).

Class:

Found Rose, Hybrid Tea, Tea.

Bloom:

White. Greyish white, turning brown with age. Cupped bloom form.

Habit:

Armed with thorns / prickles.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Notes:

"Bird Children" found in a N.S.W. cemetery.
The white "Bird Children" has sported (or reverted) to a pink form, study-named "Bird Children Pink".
Both roses are contained in this one file for ease of study.
Refer references.
Document from Jane Zammit August 10, 2097 mentions “good plant & rose, very soft neck, blooms face ground.”
Compare also “ "Elizabeth Mackay”.

Possible identifications
'Cornelia Cook' , Tea, 1855
'Mme. Melanie Willermoz', Tea, 1845
'Mlle de Sombreuil' Tea 1851

Identifications discarded
'Molly Sharman-Crawford', tea 1908. Observer does not state reason for objection. Just "no way".
"Carlesruhe Maria Bruhn" - Similar, but "Bird Children" does not have the upright stance of the CMB blooms

Bloom
Heavy. Strong petals. Slow to open. Possible pointel?

Inflorescence
Some blooms have an upright stance, some have a weak neck.

Pedicel
Prickly

Prickles
Old thorns very long