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Général Bem

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Id:ICR-5953

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1852

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Général Bem'

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General Ben  Burdin Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1856-1857. Orthographic error for Général Bem.

General Benn  Burdin Maggiore & Co. Catalogue, 1862. Orthographic error for Général Bem.

Generale Ben  Fratelli Rovelli Catalogue, 1852, p.18. Orthographic variant for Général Bem.

Description

» English Description

Fratelli Rovelli Catalogue, 1852, p.18: Madoni. Imbricated, rounded, bright pink petals, lightly spotted with white. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.32: (Madoni). Large, vivid pink flower, rounded petals netted with white stains. Perfect imbrica­tion. Verschaffelt, 1856, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book V, pl.I: The blossoms of medium size, uni­form pink veined a deeper pink. The petals are rounded, obovate, emarginate and imbricated. Originated in Italy by Madoni of Brescia. General Bem was a Polish General and a Turkish Pasha according to Phillippo, 1881. Orthographic errors: ‘General Ben’, ‘General Benn’.

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