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Madame de Maintenon

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Id:ICR-11341

CountryUnited States

Year Published/Registered1942

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Madame de Maintenon'

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Madam Maintenon  Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949, p.31. Orthographic error for Madame de Maintenon.

Madame Maintenon  Magnolia Gardens and Nursery Catalogue, 1942-1943. Orthographic error for Madame de Maintenon.

Mme de Maintenon  SCCS., 1947, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Abbreviation for Madame de Maintenon.

Mme Mainteon  Mark S. Cannon Scion Catalogue, 1962. p.8. Orthographic error for Madame de Maintenon.

Description

» English Description

Magnolia Gardens and Nursery Catalogue, 1942-1943 as ‘Madame Maintenon’, renamed ‘Madame de Maintenon’ in 1945 catalogue and on: Large, cup-­shaped, light pink, semi-double, 11 cm across, with a few white blotches. There are 4 rows of petals. Centre petals form a cup with several groups of stamens, filaments white, anthers yel­low. Leaves mid-green, finely serrate, 7 cm x 3.8 cm. Originated in the USA at Magnolia Gar­dens, South Carolina. Orthographic variants: ‘Madame Maintenon’, ‘Madam Maintenon’. Abbreviation; ‘Mme de Maintenon’. For black and white photo see; Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III, p.156. For another form see Madame de Maintenon Varie­gated.

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