It would be helpful to know where and at what altitude in H.P. these roses were found? The 'pink' flowered one does not seem to match the first two images. Were they from different locations?
Pink-flowered variants of Rosa brunonii are known from Bhutan, so the flower colour alone does not preclude it from being R.brunonii. See my posts about the COMPLEXITIES of the genus Rosa. Rosa brunonii seems to be the widespread climbing rose typically with white or cream flowers. But other species (and cultivated hybrids) are known. My post about Rosa in Britain & Ireland indicates that a leading specialist who is currently acting as Referee for specimens of Rosa states that one cannot DETERMINE a species of Rosa in the UK on the basis of flowers alone! FULLY-DEVELOPED HIPS are required along with portions of leading stem (not suckers) with leaves and characteristic bristles; a sample of sepals is beneficial....... On Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 5:15:10 PM UTC+1, gurinder goraya wrote: > Dears, > > Find below pics of *Rosa moschata (R. brunonii)* from Himachal Pradesh. > Usually having white flowers, I have recorded one plant with pinkish > flowers.. Hope it is also the same species with some colour variation... or > may be a result of some hybridisation.. Comments are solicited pl. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > Dr. G S Goraya, IFS > Deputy Director General (Research), > Indian Council of Forestry Research & Education, > New Forest P.O., Dehradun - 248006. > (Uttarakhand, India) > Tel. (+91-941-802-5036) > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
