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'Orchid Romance ®' rose Description
'Orchid Romance ®' rose photo
Photo courtesy of StrawChicago heavy clay zone 5
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
31 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
Origin:
Bred by William J. Radler (United States, 2004).
Introduced in United States by Star Roses & Plants (Pennsylvania) in 2011 as 'Orchid Romance'.
Introduced in France by Meilland Richardier in 2019 as 'Baie des Anges'.
Class:
Floribunda.  
Bloom:
Pink, ages to light pink .  Strong, citrus fragrance.  80 to 90 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Ovoid buds.  
Habit:
Tall, bushy, upright.  Semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4½' (135cm).  Width: 3' (90cm).
Growing:
Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 23,582  on  7 May 2013   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 13/067,921  on  7 Jul 2011
Inventors: Radler; William J. (Greenfield, WI)
The new variety of Rosa hybrida Floribunda rose plant of the present invention was created during 2003 at Greenfield, Wis., U.S.A. ...The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the ‘Wekbipuhit’ variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,513). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) of the new variety was the ‘Radmis’ variety (non-patented in the United States).
Ploidy:
Triploid
Notes:
Ploidy information supplied by David Zlesak, January 5 2013

Source for RAD04-62.6: Will Radler in 'Honey Nectar' comments Oct, 2016