International Camellia Register
ICR
Home Cultivars Contessa Samailoff

Contessa Samailoff

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
314

Type Image

Chosen by Gianmario Motta

Id:ICR-3285

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1844

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Contessa Samailoff'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name

Meaning

Synonym

Barchi  Burdin Maggiore & Co., 1849-1850, Catalogue General. van Houtte, 1851 Catalogue;de Jonghe, 1851, Culture du Camellias. Orthographic variant: ‘Barchii’. Synonym for Contessa Samailoff.

Barchii  Real Companhia Horticolo-Agricola Portuense Catalogue, No.2, 1895-1896, p.43. Orthographic variant for ‘Barchi’, synonym for Contessa Samailoff.

Barcii  (C.japonica), Verschaffelt Catalogue, 1844 No.50, p.18, also Catalogue, 1846, p.51. Orthographic error for Barnii.

Chamyiolof  The Gardeners’ Chronicle and Agricultural Gazette, No.12, Mar.24, 1856, p.208. Orthographic error for Contessa Samailoff.

Comptesse Samiloff  Baptist & Son Nursery Catalogue, 1861, pp. Orthographic error for Contessa Samailoff.

25 show +

Description

» English Description

van Houtte Catalogue, 1844-1845, 18:10 as ‘Comtessa Samailoff’. No description but 1854-1855 catalogue 53:39 has: Vivid pink with lilac reflections, large petals, well rounded and central line of white. Verschaffelt, 1850, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book XI, pl.IV as ‘Samailoff’: Once again a perfection...by the hemispherical arrangement of its blossoms, their vivid pink colour and the white stripes that divide each petal longitudinally. This one is also of Italian origin. Some horticulturalists give it the name ‘Comtesse Samailoff’. de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camellias, p.103: Large double, imbricated, vermilion red washed white. Originated in Italy by Barchi as Contessa Samailoff which van Houtte by his use of ‘Comtessa’ was intending to follow. Synonym: ‘Barchi’. Orthographic variant: ‘Comtesse Samailoff’. Abbreviation: ‘Samailoff’. Orthographic errors: ‘Comtesse Samolloff’, ‘Contessa Somailoff’, ‘Comptesse Samiloff’, ‘Comtesse Samaloff’, ‘Contessa Samailoff’, ‘Countess Amaloff’, ‘Countess de Samarloff’, ‘Countess of Samailoff’, ‘Contessa Somayloff’, ‘Contessa Samailoff d’Italia’, ‘Samiloff’, ‘Contessa Somailoff’, ‘Contessa Samoyloff’, ‘Contessa di Samailoff’, ‘Samayloff’, ‘Comtesse de Samayoff’, ‘Contesse Samayloff’, ‘Samayloff’ (Contessa)

Flower

Flower Size

Blooming Season Italy

Photos