a flat face with many folds

There were all these heirloom roses blooming outside the Durfee Conservatory, huge piles of them, in a pale, pale golden color with just a hint of pink. The faces of these roses were flat, with the petals all folded and whorled around, like this:


Heirloom roses by C. J. Aycock on Flickr

As a kid, when I'd see roses drawn this way, I'd assume the artist couldn't draw roses well, had never seen real roses--because all I'd ever seen were hybrid tea roses.


Oregold hybrid tea rose, from Growquest.com...