World's Tallest Roses

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed)
Jan 19th 2007 at 10:06AM

Flowers seem to be a fairly standard Valentine's Day gift, one that is so expected that it is actually quite difficult to impress your Valentine with them without going to extremes. Filling up a room with roses could be prohibitively expensive, but the World's Tallest Roses, while still pricey, might make even more of an impression. Just look at how pleased the woman in the picture is to see the roses!

The roses are over five feet tall and are carried exclusively by Organic Bouquet. The roses are imported from Equador, where the combination of sun and volcanic soil allows them to reach such impressive heights. Price for 1 dozen: $250.

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Tags: flowers, rose, roses, tallest, valentine, world record, WorldRecord

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ArcSine Jan 19th 2007 1:23PM

1.5" of rose, 4'10.5" of thorns. Not romantic.

Kristi Jan 19th 2007 1:32PM

Yep - $250 for something that will be dead by the end of the day.
Not romantic at all - gimme football tickets!!!

K Jan 19th 2007 3:46PM

Ugly. Something you'd see on "Cribs" ("I got these for my Mom for V-Day y'all") followed by a shout out to the Hot Pockets in the fridge.

JW-C Jan 23rd 2007 3:33AM

I bet they are pumped with all sorts of chems. "Organic Bouquet?" Not so sure about that. I think they are tacky.

c Jan 20th 2007 12:28AM

organic bouquet. psh. i ordered some white roses from them once (not so much because they claim they're organic, but because they were cheaper than my local florist), and they were shipped to me in terrible condition. the leaves on the roses were crap, the roses were themselves were pretty crappy, and half the stem tubes were broken open.

i won't be ordering from them again obviously.

also, gotta love the bs in the product description: 'grown by naked virgins in the divine valley between the fiery volcanos of ares.' right.

ROBERTO NEVADO Jan 21st 2007 10:53AM

I am very sorry to read these comments above about our very long Ecuadorian roses. The comments show how little people know about what a good rose is(these will last at least 10 days or more, guaranteed, no wonder the variety is called FOREVER YOUNG, an amazing variety, product of an american rosebreeder), how it grows (under certified sustainable conditions according to your own american certification VERIFLORA and several other international certifications), and in which labor and environmental conditions they are grown . check our website www.nevadoroses.com. to learn more about that Please throw your opinions after beeing better informed. Ecuador is an example in the world due to the high number of sustainable certified farms.