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Thought peter Mayle was weird? What the heck is THIS?

14 years ago

This is my original Pope John Paul II, that I thought had passed away over the winter. He made a reappearance a few weeks ago, and is now growing gangbusters and has produced some buds! But there is somethingh really weird about one of them. I am sure somebody here has seen it and can name it...but it is really bizarre to me. Some of the sepals on this one bud are actually....leaves! No joke. here are a couple pictures, and I assure you, the "leaves" are, indeed, attached to the bud as "sepals" and I have not made an error of perspective. What's going on here?

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jerijen
14 years ago
Extremely foliated sepals.

Jeri
greenhaven
Original Author
14 years ago
What causes this, Jeri, do you know? I gave this rose a shot of Rose-Tone when I discovered it was alive, but nothing else.
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jerijen
14 years ago
Passing weather conditions?
Perhaps the rose is subject to it, under the right conditions?

Dunno.
I have a Found probable HP, Old Town Novato, which has very decorative sepals much of the time. It seems to be doing that LESS as the plant matures.

There's nothing bad about it -- I rather like it.

Jeri
greenhaven
Original Author
14 years ago
Well, I don't DISlike it, for sure, especially since I thought this rose was a goner anyway. Last year it was planted alongside a Comtesse de Provence (definiteively deceased) and interplanted with the native Obedient Plant. This year the Obedient Plant has all but eaten the whole entire bed, which wasn't huge to begin with. I pulled up some of the flowers once I discovered PJP was still alive and kicking, but I think he might still get more shade than he would like, ideally. Think this has anything to do with it?
mashamcl
14 years ago
My PJP doesn't behave like this, the weirdness in my garden stops with PM:-). But perhaps it is the same thing? I would like to see the picture of an open bloom.

Masha
greenhaven
Original Author
14 years ago
Masha, that I am more than happy to help you with! ;o) PJP II is one of those roses that I will bother to winter-protect in order to keep it around. It is intoxicatingly, mesmerizingly, dizzyingly beautiful and fragrant. *sigh* Besides that he was a vigorous, fruitful and clean plant last year in my no- or barely-spray garden.

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mashamcl
14 years ago
Thanks, Greenhaven, those pictures are great! PJP is a wonderful rose. Are these the pictures of the bud with the weird sepals? That's the one I am curious about.

Masha
greenhaven
Original Author
14 years ago
Oh, whoops! :) No, these are my replacement PJP. The weird sepal pics I just took a few hours ago. I'll watch it and get back to you.

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