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Alpha Sigma Phi's original flower was the Cardinal rose; when Alpha Kappa Pi consolidated with us in 1946 we adopted the Talisman rose, which is a hybrid of the cardinal rose and the yellow tea rose of Alpha Kappa Pi. Like many hybrid roses, the Talisman rose is very difficult to obtain, so in many cases it was quite acceptable to wear a red rose instead.
In 2000, the Grand Council retired the Talisman rose in favor of the Twin Roses - both cardinal and yellow tea - as our official flowers.
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Causa latet vis est notissima - the cause is hidden, the results are well known.
Alpha Alpha (University of Oklahoma) Chapter, #814, 1984
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