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Fosterae

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-5518

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1843

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Fosterae'

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Foersteri  Jacob Makoy et Cie Catalogue, 1849, p.20. Orthographic error for Fosterae.

Fosterae Rubra  Verschaffelt Catalogue, 1847-1848, p.57, as ‘Fosterii Rubra’. Synonym for Fos­terae.

Fostergii  Anonymous, 1839, Revue Horticole, p.205-207. Orthographic error for Fosterae.

Fosterii Rubra  Verschaffelt Catalogue, No.50, 1844, p.20. Orthographic error for ‘Fosterae Rubra’.

Fosterii  Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, vol.2, pl.122. As named after Lady Foster, this orthography is in the incorrect gender and should be Fosterae.

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Description

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Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, vol.2, pl.122 as ‘Fosterii’: Flower is about 10 cm across, full, irregular, of a deep, orange-red, the outer petals are of small number, well placed, broad, first elegantly channelled, reflexed, then cup-like, deeply notched, very deep in colour to the apex; those of the centre are long, narrow, of a large number, close set and forming a large spherical centre. Synonym: ‘Lady Foster’, ‘Fosterae Rubra’. Orthographic errors: ‘Fostergii’, ‘Fosterii’, ‘Foersteri’.

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