Ettore Fieramosca

Charles van Geert, 1850, Catalogue, No.117, p.7, as ‘Ettore Fiaromossa’: Perfect form, white with pink stripes. Lichtenthal, 1852, Manuale botanico enciclopedico popolare: Large, of a beautiful, delicate rose-pink, shading to white towards the centre. Imbricated. First class. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.30: Very large. Outer rows of petals vivid pink. Slight whitening of the centre; beautifully imbricated. Originated in Italy by Madoni. Verschaffelt, 1858, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book XI, pl.IV: Its blossom is larger than average and formed of ample petals arranged in a double order. Those of the circumference are regularly imbricated, of a delicate pink with a paler streak in the middle, the following are inserted in an irregular spiral, all pink, elegantly variegated with white. Orthographic error ‘Ettore Fiaromossa’.