Id:ICR-1154
Country:Belgium
Year Published/Registered:1878
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Baronne de Bleichroeder'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Baron Bleichröder
van Houtte Catalogue, 1887-1888, 224:258. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichröder.
Baron de Bleichroeder
Linden Catalogue, 1878-1879, p.3. Orthographic error for Barrone de Bleichröder.
Baron von Bleichroeder
McIlhenny Catalogue, 1940. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichroeder.
Barone Bleihiroveo
Mariotti Catalogue, 1924. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichroeder.
Baroness Schroder
RHS, 1976, Rhododendrons with Magnolias and Camellias, p.64. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichroeder.
Baronne de Bleichroder
Real Companhia Horticolo-Agricola, Portuense, 1895-1896, Catalogue, No. 29.Veitch Catalogue, 1903. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichroeder.
3 show +
Baronne de Bleichröhder
Linden Catalogue, 1880. Orthographic variant for Baronne de Bleichröder.
General Bleichroeder
van Houtte Catalogue, 1885:1886, 213:257. Orthographic error for Baronne de Bleichroeder.
» English Description
Linden Catalogue, 1878, p.3 as ‘Baron de Bleichröder’: The flowers are large, of a perfectly imbricated form, with petals reflexed and rounded, snow-white, finely lined with streaks of flame red. André. ed. 1880, L’lllustration Horticole, vol.27, p.54, pl.378: This new variety, recently placed in commerce by the firm of Linden, is characterised as follows: Flowers abundantly, blooms very large, 10-12 cm across, opens freely with petals imbricated, obcordate, rounded, edges slightly scalloped, those at the centre, narrow and tapering, the background is a pure, pale, wash tint of delicate pink, striped with unusual bands of bright rose, both broad and narrow and fairly regular. Named for Baronne de Bleichroeder, wife of the celebrated banker and Queen Victoria’s Consul-General in Berlin. Originated in Belgium. Orthographic variants and errors: ‘Baronne de Bleichroder’, ‘Baronne von Bleichroeder’, ‘Baronne de Bleichröhder’, ‘Baron von Bleichroeder’, ‘Baroness Schroder’. The Japanese cultivar Otome-shibori is erroneously named ‘Baronne de Bleichroeder’ in America.