origination:
FAVORITA (Auten, 1956) - Single - Red - Early - Hybrid. Orange red, bright, deep. Single with two rows of petals. The color very fine. Stiff stems. Officinalis x albiflora. Letter from Mr. Auten, April, 1956. Auten's 1956 catalog
FAVORITA (Auten, 1956). (Lactiflora x Officinalis). (Simple). Belle fleur, rouge vif satiné à cœur doré contrastant sur un feuillage vert soutenu. Extra. H. 0,80 m.
One of the pictures aboves must show the rong plant. Rivière's plant shows red carpels and white stigmas, Miely's yellow carpels and red stigmas!
M.S. Uspenskaja 2003, p. 115:
