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'Wow' Description
'Wow (hybrid tea, De Ruiters, 2007)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of jnmccool
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• RUIy5451
HMF Ratings:
5 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Orange-pink Hybrid Tea.
Origin:
Bred by Henk C. A. De Groot (Netherlands, 1999).
Introduced in Netherlands by De Ruiter's Nieuwe Rozen B.V. in 2002 as 'Wow'.
Class:
Florists Rose, Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Orange-red.  None / no fragrance.  up to 25 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Very large, double (17-25 petals), borne mostly solitary, high-centered bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Large, ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Bushy, narrow, upright.  Large, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 16'8" (up to 510cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Can be used for cut flower or exhibition.  
Patents:
Australia - Patent No: AU2949P  on  5 Dec 2005
Application No: 2003/357  on  18 Dec 2003   VIEW PBR PATENT
seed parent ‘Pannaran’ x pollen parent ‘Ruizal’. The seed parent is characterised by its orange/pink blend flowers. The pollen parent is characterised by its salmon-pink flowers. Hybridisation took place in De Kwakel, The Netherlands, in 1999. ... Breeder: Mr H.C.A. De Groot, De Kwakel, The Netherlands.
First overseas sale The Netherlands, Aug 2002. First Australian sale Feb 2004.
 
European Union - Patent  on  2002
 
United States - Patent No: PP 15,993  on  27 Sep 2005   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 10/406,918  on  4 Apr 2003
a new and distinct variety of rose plant of the hybrid tea rose class, which was created by crossing an undistributed, unpatented seedling as seed parent with the variety known as `Pannaran` as pollen parent (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 10,927).
Inventors: de Groot; H. C. A. (De Kwakel, NL)
Assignee: De Ruiter's Nieuwe B.V. (De Kwakel, NL)
Parentage:
Unnamed Seedling × Tropical Amazone ™
Notes:
Pollen and seed parent juxtaposed in the USA and Australian patents.