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Contessa Bethlen

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-3239

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1852

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Contessa Bethlen'

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Comtessa Bethelen  van Houtte Catalogue, 1854-1855, 53:39. Orthographic error for Contessa Bethlen.

Comtessa Bethleen  van Houtte Catalogue, 1855-1856, 56:27. Orthographic error for Contessa Bethlen.

Comtesse Bethleem  von Biedenfeld, 1856, Practische Grundlehren der Cultur von Camellien, p.36. Orthographic error for Contessa Bethlen.

Comtesse Bethleen  Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues,, p.45. Orthographic error for Contessa Bethlen.

Contessa Bethleen  van Houtte Catalogue, 1856-1857, 56:27. Orthographic error for Contessa Bethlen.

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Fratelli Rovelli Catalogue, 1852, p.14, [from] Croft. Flowers variable; pure white, rosy white, white with rose blotches or red blotches or streaks, with yellowish or greenish centre. van Houtte Catalogue, 1854-1855, 53:39, as ‘Comtessa Bethelen’. No descrip­tion. Mercatelli Catalogue, 1881, p.14 as ‘Contessa Bethlem’: Flowers of variable colour, pure white or rosy white spotted with white or streaked with pink; centre of each flower petal streaked straw white. Orthographic variant: ‘Comtesse Bethlem’. Orthographic errors: ‘Con­tessa Bethleen’, ‘Comtessa Bethleen’, ‘Comtessa Bethelen’, ‘Contessa del Bethlem’, ‘Contessa di Bethlen’, ‘Contessa de Bethlem’, ‘Contessa Betlem’, ‘Contessa Betlhem’, ‘Contessa Bettlemme’, ‘Countess of Bethelem’. Originated by Croft, Italy.

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