Miniature rose plant named ‘KORpedia’

#Latin name of genus and species: The botanical classification of the new rose plant is Rosa hybrida.

#Variety denomination: The denomination of the new variety is ‘KORpedia’.

#The new variety of rose plant of the present invention originated from a controlled crossing in a breeding program of two distinct parents during the summer of 2002. The crossing was between ‘KORamgat’, a patented rose described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 15,612 issued on Mar. 1, 2005, and an un-named seedling.

#The accompanying color illustration shows as true as is reasonably possible to obtain in color photographs of this type, the typical characteristics of the buds and flowers of ‘KORpedia’. Specifically illustrated is: a flower bud, partially opened bloom, open bloom, floral parts, and flower sepals.

#The following is a description of ‘KORpedia’, as observed growing in July, 2007 in a greenhouse in Hamberg, Germany on plants of four months of age. Color references are made using The Royal Horticultural Society (London, England) Colour Chart, 2001 except where common terms of color are used.

#For a comparison, several physical characteristics of the rose variety ‘KORkleiva’, a rose variety from the same inventor described and illustrated in U.S. Plant Pat. No. 11,232 and issued on Mar. 23, 1998 are compared to ‘KORpedia’ in Chart 1.

#CHART 1 Characteristic ‘KORpedia’ ‘KORkleiva’ Diameter, open flower 60 mm 40-45 mm bloom Length of flower bud, 30 mm 19 mm upon opening Bud color, as sepals White Group 155B Orange-White Group 159C first unfold Parents: Seed parent.—‘KORamgat’. Pollen parent.—An un-named seedling. Classification: Botanical classification.—Rosa hybrida, ‘KORpedia’. Commercial classification.—Miniature rose.