The desert rose arise in the tropical climates of Africa , Asia , Australia and the Americas . There are many varieties from which have come an array of hybrid . In 1849 , the Scots botanist , Robert Brown named the Australian version Sturtia gossypioides . More of late , it has also been call ducky river climb , cotton rose and Australian cotton fiber , in addition to desert rose . The desert rise known as Adenium obesum is native to Africa and Arabia , and also go by several dissimilar name . However , there is only one " Franciscan Desert Rose " and it is something of a going from horticulture , being in the kingdom of upscale dinnerware .

Dinnerware Pattern

Franciscan Desert Rose is one of the well - selling pattern in the story of American dinnerware . It was acquaint in 1941 , and was among several highly successful sculpted , brocaded and hand - decorated dinnerware formula fabricate under the Franciscan brand . It portrays the fragile , five - petal desert rise in an graceful shade of pinko . The desert rose blooms in pink , red and white , as well as hybrid combination .

Franciscan Ware

Franciscan dinnerware dates back to 1934 when it was manufactured at a flora in Glendale , Southern California . At first it was call " Franciscan pottery " which by the late thirties had become " Franciscan ware . " The parent troupe of the Franciscan division was Gladding , McBean and Co. , which engage a hubby and wife squad , Mary and Frederic Grant ( a ceramics engineer ) , to handle every aspect of the production of its dinnerware . From 1936 through 1952 , Mary Grant was Chief Stylist , in which capacity she designed and oversaw the Franciscan Desert Rose dinnerware melodic line .

Collectibles

Today , Franciscan Desert Rose dinnerware is no longer in production in the United States . The flora in Southern California was close in 1984 , after the Franciscan division was bought over by Josiah Wedgwood & Sons , Ltd. , in 1979 , and production was go to the United Kingdom . Franciscan Desert Rose dinnerware items with the " Made in USA " backstamp have become sought - after collectibles .

Adenium Obesum

The inspiration for the Franciscan Desert Rose formula , the Adenium obesum specie of desert rose , is part of the Apucynaceae phratry of plants . It is now available in many countries , and in many new forms , thanks to hybridization . Besides desert go up , it is known by several other names , including sabi maven , desert azalea , mock azalea , Aepyceros melampus lily and kudu lily .

Sturt’s Desert Rose

The current botanical name of the Australian desert rose flower , date stamp from 1947 , is Gossypium sturtianum var . sturtianum , and it is a member of the cotton genus . The Romance " Gossypium " was originally used by Pliny to discover the cotton tree . " Sturtianum " derives from Captain Charles Sturt ( 1795 to 1869 ) , who discover the desert rise in central Australia around 1844 . Sturt ’s desert grow is also aboriginal to areas of South Australia , New South Wales and Queensland . In 1974 , Australia ’s Northern Territory adopted Sturt ’s desert rose as its floral allegory .

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