6-Feet Roses

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Hadley Malcolm, A Rose by Any Other Size (6 Feet) Still Smells as Sweet; Tall tales of love selling out for Valentine's Day. USA Today, Feb 12, 2013 (front page)
http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/N ... foot-roses_ST_U.htm
("it [rose] actually gets this big from special breeding and soils * * * The roses are not only taller than average, they have almost twice as many petals. To get that way, they're grown 10,000 feet above sea level, in the humidity and volcanic soil of Ecuador. The flowers are left on the stem for about 16 weeks, rather than the typical eight, FTD Vice President of Design Michael Skaff says")

My comment: China has put in great efforts to grow roses, particularly in Yunnan, to export. Whaever happens to that project?