Fourth Bloom on Hot Cocoa Seedling

14 years ago

I still think I see Belinda's Dream in it as well. (Has anyone noticed that BD has trace amounts of yellow in it?) I dunno, I haven't worked with Hot Cocoa enough to know what to expect. I know all of my seedlings from it are drastically different from each other.

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tnangela
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14 years ago
I wanted to show the color change with sunlight. Before it opens it has a lot of yellow. This fades quickly to leave behind a light color which starts to turn scarlet in the sun.

Here's another Hot Cocoa seedling for comparison. See how different it is?
serenasyh
14 years ago
Gorgeous! so pretty... I remember someone being concerned about Hot Cocoa's coloration, but I told them that indeed it can range anywhere from scarlet to coffee auburn. Absolutely beautiful!

Actually for seedlings and baby bands I noticed too that they will maintain their lovely hybrid tea form but once they fade, they still will look very pretty/but exactly!like an OGR...it's so cute, looks like a mini-antique rose...
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jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
14 years ago
Very nice rose! I like when roses change color...LOL
Esp when a rose has many different looking blooms on one bush. I don't know why? Just do...LOL

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boxofrox
14 years ago
Nice job capturing some of the moods of Hot Cocoa.

It really is like a chameleon, for me that's what makes it so charming. When it blooms in clusters of a dozen or so, almost every one can be a different hue. Then as they mature, that smokiness enters in to make them even more interesting. I've taken a number of shots of mine and many of them are so radically different in color that you'd never believe they were all of the same rose.
bethnorcal9
14 years ago
Guys, I don't think you're getting what Angela is showing you. These are "seedlings" of HOT COCOA, not HOT COCOA itsself. The first one apparently was crossed with BELINDA'S DREAM. Looks very lovey! What is the other one crossed with? Or is it a sister seedling?
tnangela
Original Author
14 years ago
I'm thinking Graham Thomas on that second one.

Hot Cocoa x Oklahoma on this one:

It's little. Darker than what the pic suggests...almost black. Darker, in fact, than Black Ice which is where it's going next I think (before it goes BACK onto Oklahoma...and somewhere in there goes KO as well).
jim1961 / Central Pennsylvania / Zone 6
14 years ago
Yea, I do not understand about cross breeding & stuff, so, i'm alittle lost...LOL
But, your roses are very nice!

JIM
canadian_rose
14 years ago
Those are incredible!!! I didn't get it either until Beth explained.

Do you have any opened blooms on your Hot Coca X Oklahoma? I love the smokey color!!

It's amazing how different each one is.

I want to see more pictures!!

Carol
serenasyh
14 years ago
O.K. Boxofrox, I didn't know you had Hot Cocoa! I want to seeeeeeee please? So I can start stalking your Hot Cocoa as well!

Jim, lol! you and I both! I always thought seedling meant a rose grown from the seed! not a cross breed of a rose...
tnangela
Original Author
14 years ago
Thank you all for the kind comments.
Carol, here you go.
that Hot Cocoa x Oklahoma was todays pic, as is this one too:

That is the third flush and it appears to be getting somewhat darker each time.

This is a pic of the second flush (as you can see it's growing...some):

...and lastly here's that first one mostly opened (and as you can see- changing colors...from today also).
bethnorcal9
14 years ago
Oooooh! I like the one crossed with OKLAHOMA!! Beautiful!!

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