Lucina Plena

Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, pp.81, 225: Leaves 8 cm x 5.4 cm, oval, apex narrowing to somewhat acuminate, coarsely serrate, clear green. Bud large, obtuse, scales blackish at base, yellowish green at tip. Flowers average 8 cm across, full and white; the centre only has a light wash of clear yellow. Petals are wide, imbricated, regular, deeply notched. Two or three dots of red hardly perceptible, are displayed on 2 or 3 petals. de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camélia, p.95, as ‘Alba Plena Lucina’. The true sort from Milan, of Italian origin. Synonym: ‘Alba Lucina’.