Duca di Genova

de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camellia, p.104. Imbricated. Simi­lar in type and form to the Duchesse d’Orleans, pink striped white. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.16: Imbricated, pink with white stripes in the centre of the petals. Verschaffelt, 1859, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book V, pl.IV: This variety is of Italian origin. The flowers are very large, (more than 10 cm) of a uniform pink, obscurely streaked with white at the centre. The petals are ample, outspread, regularly imbricated; those at the periphery, large, rounded, lobu­late, the others oval-lanceolate. Synonym: ‘Dux Genova’.