Duc de Brabant

Oudin, Lisieux Nursery Catalogue, 1844, p.10: Beautiful form. Pure white striped with carmine. This camellia from Belgium seems similar to Parini from Mariani. van Houtte Catalogue, 1844-1845, 18:11: Imbricated.White streaked carmine. van Houtte Cata­logue, 1846-1847, 27:23: Of the form of the Duchesse d’Orleans but a pure white, but larger and presented better with the petals entirely developed. Berlèse, 1844, Annales Société de Horti­culture de Paris, 34(197):205: The flower is 9-10 cm across, of a milky white with stripes of vivid carmine red, sometimes regularly imbricated, almost at the same time peony form. The outside 3 or 4 rows of petals are large, rounded and veined with marks and lines and further splashes of red. The centre is composed of a group of numerous petals of many shapes. The corolla is simi­lar to Picturata; sometimes the flower is regular and generally resembles the Duchesse d’Orleans. Originated by Moens, Belgium from seed. Orthographic variant: ‘Duc de Braband’. Synonym: ‘Brabantii Princeps’. Orthographic error: ‘Duc de Brabaud’.