P Roth “Charles Edwards”

[JimNJ]

My wife and I were at the Philadelphia Flower Show yesterday in spite of the rain. Nice surprise which made it worthwhile was to see the historic Charles E clone from the US Botanic Garden on display.

 

[My Green Pets]

Wonderful and looks very happy.

 

[Linus_Cello]

There was a fourth bloom at the bottom that didn’t open?

 

[Justin]

100% the real thing. Veey well bloomed too.

 

[eds]

There was a fourth bloom at the bottom that didn’t open?

It looks like another spike coming out of another fan to me.

 

[Ozpaph]

not a bad flower flower for an 'old' clone

 

[JimNJ]

It looks like another spike coming out of another fan to me.

That’s right - it’s another spike from a separate fan. I couldn’t get any closer but that’s what it looked like.

 

[NEslipper]

Very cool, thanks for posting! Is this the one that was supposed to be a shy bloomer? This one looks very happy!

 

[JimNJ]

Very cool, thanks for posting! Is this the one that was supposed to be a shy bloomer? This one looks very happy!

I’ve heard that too. This one looks to be specimen-sized, maybe it becomes more prolific when it’s that mature.

 

[Guldal]

Interesting to see such a classic, but gorgeous clone... from before line breeding ran amok! Thanks for sharing!