Lafcadio Hearn

McIlhenny Catalogue, 1945-1946, p.12: Variety originated in Jungle Gar­dens, Avery Island, Louisiana, USA. Medium size, spinel red, lightly stained pomegranate purple, double; outer petals imbricated; inner petals irregularly grouped and interspersed with a few white stamens. Medium to rose form double to peony form. See black and white photos, p.195, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II.