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'MEIcatess' rose Description
'MEIcatess' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Ericchn
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
• AM668-I
• Audrey Fleurot ®
• Loves Me, Loves Me Not™
HMF Ratings:
2 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2018).
Introduced in France by Meilland Richardier in 2022 as 'Audrey Fleurot'.
Class:
Hybrid Tea.  
Bloom:
Deep pink. [Rose-pink.].  Strong, fruity fragrance.  150 to 250 petals.  Average diameter 5.5".  Very large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters, cupped-to-flat, old-fashioned bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  
Habit:
Glossy, dark green, dense foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 2' to 32" (60 to 80cm).  Width: up to 20" (up to 50cm).
Patents:
European Union - Application No: 2021/1798  on  6 Jul 2021
 
United States - Patent No: PP 34,789  on  6 Dec 2022   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 17/738,121  on  6 May 2022
Inventor: Alain Antoine Meilland, Antibes (FR)
The new variety of hybrid tea rose plant of the present invention was created by controlled breeding at Le Cannet des Maures, Var, France ...The female parent....of the new variety was an unnamed seedling (not patented) from the cross between the 'GOLDEN UNICORN' variety...and the 'DELGE' variety (non-patented)...The male parent... of the new variety was an unnamed seedling (not patented) from the cross between the 'MEIMALYNA' variety (not patented) and the 'HARLEX' variety (not patented)...The description is based on the observation of three-years-old specimens of the new variety during July....
Parentage:
seed: Golden Unicorn × Centenaire de Lourdes ®
pollen: Rouge Meilland ® (hybrid tea, Meilland, 1982) × Alexander ® (hybrid tea, Harkness, 1972)
Notes:
Source: Audrey Fleurot
Dedicated to Audrey Fleurot (b. July 6, 1977 Mantes-la-Jolie), French artist

[AM-668-I]

The parentage was published as 'Rouge Meilland' x 'Petit Trianon' (see Member comments). However, the US plant patent states a more complex parentage.