• Ruhi Saxena Tallon

Medium red Floribunda.
Exhibition name: Agnimitra ™

Bred by M.S. Viraraghavan (India, before 2007).

Hybrid Gigantea, Shrub.  

Deep pink.  Double (17-25 petals) bloom form.  

The meaning of Agnimitra is ‘friend of the fire’, and this rose with its brownish orange coloring is very reminiscent of flames. Agnimitra was a king in the 1st century B.C E. who has been eulogized in the well-known Sanskrit poem of Kalidasa called ‘Malavikagnimitra’ the love story of the king and Malavika, one of his wives. This gigantea hybrid is very vigorous and the flowers can be lovely.
This is a Hybrid Tea of a distinct shade of lac red and brown. Well formed shapely long lasting flowers, on a vigorous Hybrid Gigantea bush

Source: http://esoterics.in/a.html
Parentage: Breeder
Ruhi Saxena Tallon is the daughter of Major Prem Saxena (see Breeders)