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Orange blend Hybrid Tea.
Registration name: KORgane
Exhibition name: Las Vegas (hybrid tea, Kordes, 1972)

Bred by Reimer Kordes (1922-1997) (Germany, before 1972).
Introduced in Germany by W. Kordes' Söhne (Retail) in 1982 as 'Las Vegas'.

Hybrid Tea.  

Orange, yellow reverse.  Moderate fragrance.  26 petals.  Average diameter 5".  Very large, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Large, pointed buds.  

Medium, bushy, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  5 leaflets.  

Height: up to 4½' (up to 135cm).  

USDA zone 7b and warmer.  Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  

United States - Patent No: PP 4,798  on  19 Jan 1982   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 06/175,491  on  5 Aug 1980

Zimbabwe patent application No. 8809 on April 25, 1988