Barão de Soutelinho

‘Barão de Soutelinho’ (C.sasanqua). Originated in Portugal (1)  Mota, M. C., 1910, Catalogue No.3, 1911-1912, p.129: Spendid variety obtained by Barão de Soutelinho, from seed imported from Japan, of camellia sasanqua. Small flowers, single, very graceful with a delicate scent, delicate pink, darker in the petal edges. Remarkable. (2) Alfredo Moreira da Silva, Supplement to Catalogue No.13, 1911-1912, p.4: Variety obtained by Barão de Soutelinho (Mr. Alfred Tait), from seed imported from Japan, of camellia sasanqua.Delicate pink, with darker petal edges, single, small. Real Companhia Horticolo-Agricola Catalogo, No.50, 1914, p.70: Small flower, single, delicate pink bordered carmine. Very aromatic. Colour photograph included in Corral, C. S. et al., 2004, p. 187, La Camelia en la Colección de la Diputación de Pontevedra, ,and Samartín, C. and Samartín, A., 1988, p.83, La Camelia, un regalo oriental para occidente,. Orthographic errors ‘Barao de Southlinho’, ‘Baron de Soutelhino’, ‘Barón de Soutelinho’, ‘Baron de Soutelinho’. Jorge Garrido, 2014. Portuguese Camellias-History & Beauty. p.106. Orthographic error ‘Barao de Southlinho’. see color photo at International Camellia Journal (2010) p.159. International Camellia Society, 2023. Splendid Sasanquas, an International Ornament, p.37. Flowers with a soft scent.