La Speranza

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Id：ICR-10425

Country：Italy

Year Published/Registered：1858

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'La Speranza'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

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Speranza van Houtte Catalogue, 1858, 72:24.Auguste van Geert, 1859 Catalogue, No.47, p.35. Abbreviation for La Speranza.

Speranzo Auguste van Geert, 1863-1864, Catalogue No.54, p.47. Synonym for La Speranza.

Sperenza Peer, 1956, American Camellia Yearbook, p.57. Orthographic error for ‘Speranza’, abbreviation for La Speranza.

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» English Description

van Houtte Catalogue,1858, 72:24 as ‘Speranza’: Vivid carmine red, edge of petals striped and spotted with white, perfectly imbricated. Verschaffelt, 1858, Nouvelle Iconographic, Book XII, pl.I: Received in 1857 from Italy, where it was obtained from seed. The flowers, larger than average, are bicoloured, composed of numerous, large petals, regularly imbricated, those of the periphery being convex, rounded, pink tinged carmine and intersected by a broad, white, longitudinal stripe; the central ones are smaller, erect and resemble the heart of a rose and of a uniform cherry-red. Abbreviation: ‘Speranza’. Originated in Italy by Luzzatti, Florence.

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