Lady Henrietta

Harrison, ed., 1838, Floricultural Cabinet, p.149: Double, rose mottled. Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, pp.203, 235 as ‘Lady Henriette’: Also Mertens & Fontaine, Collection de cent espèces.....camellia, 1845, pl. 65 as ‘Lady Henriette’. Flower of over 8 cm across, full, soft white stripes with some marks and longitudinal lines of deep rose or pale cerise; corolla regular, round, with the centre a little elevated, but erect; exterior petals in many rows, broad, oval, entire, thick, elegantly displayed; those of the interior are very small, less imbricated, of a small number, and forming a heart, curled and shell-like: there are stripes of rose or red. Similar form to Lineata. Orthographic variant: ‘Lady Henriette’. Originated in England.