Rosa Odorata
Michel Reference
DZ 1432
Stanley Reference
DZ 1467
Yvert Reference
DZ 1386
Scott Reference
DZ 1316
Themes
Flora
Description
Introduced from China, this rose bush spread to Europe and North Africa in the 19th century. But this kind dates back 40 million years. It even seems that the rose has accompanied man throughout his history and prehistory.
This rose is a hybrid between Rosa chinensis and Rosa gigantea, cultivated in China for a very long time. Nicknamed tea rose, its shrub with flexible and thorny stems stretches 3 to 6 m high and 2 m wide. It has semi-evergreen or evergreen tender green leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets.
The flower is hermaphroditic with 5 solitary petals or grouped in twos or threes. Its double flowers are white, pale pink or yellowish. In Algeria, it is cultivated in private gardens and on some estates. Its flowering is repeating. It takes place from December to June and fills the environment with its intense tea scent. The plant flourishes best when exposed to the sun, but in light shade. It also prefers neutral to clayey soils.
Hardy, heat resistant, Rosa x odorata can also defend itself against a temperature of -15°C. Other varieties of Rosa x odorata exist. We find the Erubescens, which is smaller than its congener, but with pale pink flowers, the Gigantea and its single white flowers, as well as the Pseudoinca which has yellow to orange flowers. The Chinensis section, which includes the previous varieties, is of great importance in horticulture. Before its introduction, only the Four Seasons Pink Damask (native to the Middle East) sometimes flowered in summer. And if the cultivation of the first domesticated ornamental roses dominated the Mediterranean world until the 18th century, making it possible to have very full and fragrant roses, the introduction of roses from China made it possible to prolong their flowering.
The Queen of Flowers
Yellow, white, pink or red roses abound but, unfortunately, there is not yet a true black rose like the tulip. The number of new varieties due to the ingenuity of horticulturists increases every year. Cultivated roses (hybrids and horticultural varieties) are named with the most diverse names: names of personalities, heads of state, stars, cities, places, the inventors themselves and a number of imaginary names. And for good reason, the rose is, and always has been, the queen of flowers. Poets have made it the symbol of feminine beauty and perfection.
This rose is a hybrid between Rosa chinensis and Rosa gigantea, cultivated in China for a very long time. Nicknamed tea rose, its shrub with flexible and thorny stems stretches 3 to 6 m high and 2 m wide. It has semi-evergreen or evergreen tender green leaves of 3 to 5 leaflets.
The flower is hermaphroditic with 5 solitary petals or grouped in twos or threes. Its double flowers are white, pale pink or yellowish. In Algeria, it is cultivated in private gardens and on some estates. Its flowering is repeating. It takes place from December to June and fills the environment with its intense tea scent. The plant flourishes best when exposed to the sun, but in light shade. It also prefers neutral to clayey soils.
Hardy, heat resistant, Rosa x odorata can also defend itself against a temperature of -15°C. Other varieties of Rosa x odorata exist. We find the Erubescens, which is smaller than its congener, but with pale pink flowers, the Gigantea and its single white flowers, as well as the Pseudoinca which has yellow to orange flowers. The Chinensis section, which includes the previous varieties, is of great importance in horticulture. Before its introduction, only the Four Seasons Pink Damask (native to the Middle East) sometimes flowered in summer. And if the cultivation of the first domesticated ornamental roses dominated the Mediterranean world until the 18th century, making it possible to have very full and fragrant roses, the introduction of roses from China made it possible to prolong their flowering.
The Queen of Flowers
Yellow, white, pink or red roses abound but, unfortunately, there is not yet a true black rose like the tulip. The number of new varieties due to the ingenuity of horticulturists increases every year. Cultivated roses (hybrids and horticultural varieties) are named with the most diverse names: names of personalities, heads of state, stars, cities, places, the inventors themselves and a number of imaginary names. And for good reason, the rose is, and always has been, the queen of flowers. Poets have made it the symbol of feminine beauty and perfection.
Size
22 x 26 mm
Colors
Polychrome
Designer
Sid Ahmed Bentounes
Printers
Bank of Algeria Printing House
Perforation
14
Printing
Offset
Face value
50,00 DA
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