Id：ICR-5302
Country：United States
Year Published/Registered：1858
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Festiva'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
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Fastiva
de Bisschop Nursery Catalogue, 1957. Orthographic error for Festiva.
Festiva del Grande
van Houtte, 1874, Flore des Serres... under pl.2125. Synonym for Festiva.
Foestiva
Bahuaud-Litou Nursery Catalogue, 1914-1920. Orthographic error for Festiva.
» English Description
Medici Spada, 1858, Catalogo nel Giardino a Villa Quiete, p.6: One of the greatest flowers obtained by Delgrande, of great size and admirable perfection. Ten rows of petals, those external, round and broad, the others relatively small, of fullness and perfection, the central group all small with a general colour of cherry-red with reflections and reticulated with carmine. At its time of origin it was called ‘Cosmopolita’ but renamed Festiva as this name was already in use as ‘Cosmopolitana’. See colour plate 2125, van Houtte, Flore des Serres.... vol.XX, 1874, p.120 as ‘Festiva del Grande’. L.R. Russell Nurseries Catalogue, 1963-1964, p.21 erroneously uses the name ‘Festiva’ for what seems to be ‘Rubescens Major’. Synonyms: ‘Festiva (del Grande)’, ‘Festiva del Grande’. Orthographic errors: ‘Fastiva’, ‘Festivia’. Invalidly used as a synonym for ‘Maria Morren’ in USA. Originated in Italy by Delgrande, Rome. There is a variegated form.
