International Camellia Register
ICR
Home Cultivars Dona Maria Helena van-Zeller

Dona Maria Helena Van-Zeller

Last Updated:2025/4/14 14:42:48 By:Armando de Castro Oliveira
1460

Id:ICR-4058

CountryPortugal

Year Published/Registered1886

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Dona Maria Helena Van-Zeller'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name

Meaning

Synonym

D. Maria Helena Van-Zeller  Sequeira Catalogue, 1892

Maria Helena Van Zelle  Duarte de Oliveira (1886). “Chronica Horticolo-Agricola” , Jornal de Horticultura Pratica, 1886, p.92

Description

» English Description

Dona Maria Helena Van-Zeller. (C.japonica), Oliveira (1886). “Chronica Horticolo-Agricola , Jornal de Horticultura Pratica, 1886, p.92. José Marques Loureiro, Catalogue No.22, 1886-1887, Ref.759, p.91 (Novelty): Ranunculiform, (formal double), white with occasional pink stripes. Remarkable. Included in the list of camellias obtained in Fiaes, Jornal de Horticultura Practica, Vol.XXIII, 1892, “Fiaes, Eden das Camellias”, by A. d’Almeida, p.100, and described as: “… very correct formal double, showing constantly the more remarkable cases of dymorphism.” Sequeira Catalogue, 1892: White with occasional pink stripes. Abbreviation: ‘D. Maria Helena Van-Zeller’. Identified and obtained by seedling at Quinta de Fiaes, Portugal, by Christiano van Zeller and  named after  his daughter Maria Helena, according to his camellia list from 1879 (IC Journal, 2002, p.43). Jorge Garrido, 2014. Portuguese Camellias-History & Beauty. p.118. 


Flower

Flower Size

Blooming Season Portugal

Photos