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Embriaco's Birichina is not listed among te roses bred by Embriaco
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2 AUG 23 by
 jedmar
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Birichina is listed, but you will find it as EMB1277, as that was the first mention of it. Try the listing with all synonyms.
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Bartolomeo Embriaco passed away this week. Born in 1935, he had Domenico Aicardi as godfather who introduced him to the hybridization of roses. After the first attempts with the use of Aicardi varieties, he set out on the road indicated by Quinto Mansuino producing many Mansuinian hybrids, the last of which Birichina won him the gold medal at the international competition in Rome in 2014 in the Floribunda category. The last protagonist of an important period in the history of rose hybridization in Italy goes with him.
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The variety listed on Embriaco's site as no. 792 (but not listed on this site) has now been named by the breeder 'Andrew and Sally'. The accompanying note reads: A HT with a subtle cyclamen pink tone overlaid onto pale pink. Flowers are big, full (up to 12cm in diameter with over 50 petals on a bush of 150cm. The stems are long and suited for cutting. Fragrant. This rose is dedicated to the author of the book "Le rose italiane", Andrew Hornung and his wife Sally.
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Andrew and Sally is now added. We look forward to seeing and hearing more about the rose.
Thank you.
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Bartolomeo Embriaco was born in 1935 and still lives just outside Poggio Sanremo within view of the coast of Liguria. Domenico Aicardi was his godfather. He had little contact with Quinto Mansuino though both frequented Aicardi; he is, however, perhaps the most consistent breeder of hybrid Mansuineana roses both for the cut-flower and garden markets. His rose 'Birichina' (Scamp) won a Gold Medal at Rome last year.
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Thanks. We've added that info to his main page.
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What are Mansuineana roses? Are they derived from Mansuino's banksia hybrids?
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In the Rose Annual (of the Royal National Rose Society) of 1981 (p. 116), Stelvio Coggiatti, Italy's foremost rose expert, gave this description: "What is a Mansuinian rose? It is the antithesis of the rose in fashion, that is, the rose with metre long stems; a costly cultural achievement often destroyed when the stem is drastically shortened no sooner than it enters the house.
"The Mansuinian rose has a stem of about 40 centimetres, proportioned leaves and long lasting flowers. It is a rose which can satisfy the aspirations of many people who do not like the look of a rose 'that walks on stilts'. Cut flowers of the Mansuinian strain have been sold in Continental flower shops for over fifteen years. They are finer, but otherwise similar to 'Garnet' and its relatives. In their breeding are Banksians, Teas, Miniatures, R. chinensis semperflorens, R. chinensis mutabilis and a few Hybrid Teas, for example 'Ophelia'.
A more detailed treatment of the evolution of this strain is given in my book Le Rose Italiane.
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