White rose, open to the stamens
Rosa sp.
Rose · New York Botanical Garden · 26 May 2025
A white rose in the rose garden at the New York Botanical Garden in late May, one of the near-wild kinds with a loose ring or two of petals left open around a full boss of golden stamens, the anthers already curling as they shed their pollen. The pink knot at the centre is the stigmas, dozens of them packed into a dome, which is the mark of a rose - a peony would show a few large carpels there instead.
Not the peony it was first written up as. This is the rose a bee can use. The fully double kinds have bred their stamens into petals and offer no pollen, which is why an open rose hums in June and the doubles are silent.
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