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Discussion id : 116-882
most recent 31 JAN 22 SHOW ALL
 
Initial post 24 MAY 19 by Rose_Insanity
Does anyone have any idea why so many of the photos are tagged as being incorrect? My Tequila has presented colors and form that match them all, depending on the time of year and the temperature. It's not my favorite rose (it was given to me, and I'm not a fan of orange in any flowering plant), but it is moderately healthy and a blooming fool.
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Reply #1 of 2 posted 30 JAN 22 by Michael Garhart
Because there is a newer Meilland rose by the identical name. Meilland is to blame since no one can expect a customer to know such a thing. So some photos get labeled incorrect for being on the wrong page of a rose with an identical name. It's frustrating, but it is what it is.

Businesses putting the onus on their customers is borderline evil in my not so humble opinion.
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Reply #2 of 2 posted 31 JAN 22 by Rose_Insanity
Thanks, Micheal. I had no idea Meilland had done this, but as often as it happens with Meilland/Kordes et al, it should have crossed my mind. If I had done a Tequila search here, it would have been obvious, I guess, since there appear to be THREE other roses, all from Meilland, all with the identical name, for a total of FOUR Tequilas (you could get really drunk on that much Tequila). There's the one I have, from 1978; one florist rose with no intro date; another intro'd in 1985, and yet another from 2003!

And you are so right about it being evil. You can not convince me that unique names can't be found for every rose, considering the number of nouns and adjectives in English, not to mention in French, German...it's just lazy to re-use identical names, at least while the earlier rose is still available.

By the way, my Tequila is growing on me. I've surrounded it with pastel yellow, salmon, and peach-toned roses, and now instead of screaming at me, it just provides a nice contrast to all the shyer ones, lol.

John

EDIT: I also note that someone has removed the mistaken incorrect photo designations, lol. Thanks, to whomever.
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