A rose, by any other name, still dies.
Jennifer Neubauer (a fellow artist whom I became acquainted with at EBSQ) asked me some time back to post pictures of dead and dying roses, in case she found them interesting as painting references.. I photographed one of them a few minutes ago... but have dozens of others to photograph. Need to do it soon, because I’d like my table space back.
Jen, if you’d like the full-size photo, just ask, and I’ll email it.