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Maestosa

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-11450

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1843

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Maestosa'

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La Maestacca  Peer, 1956, American Camellia Yearbook, p.56. Orthographic error for Maestosa.

La Maestosa  Luzzatti, 1851, Collezione di Camelie, p.23. Synonym for Maestosa.

La Maestoza  van Houtte Catalogue, 67:44. Orthographic variant for Maestosa.

La Maestro  Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.128. Orthographic error for Maestosa.

La Maetosa  RHS., 1927, Journal, p.282. Orthographic error for Maestosa.

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Description

» English Description

Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, vol.3, pl.274: The flower is 10 cm across and more, double, irregular, cherry-red, sometimes pale, sometimes quite dark. The circumferential petals, in 3 rows, are 6 cm x 5 cm, oblong-ovate, deeply notched at apex and cupped, finely veined deep red; those from the third row are deformed, small, numerous, strap-like, with fas­ciated and striped pinkish white. Verschaffelt, 1855, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book VII, Pl.III as ‘La Maestosa’. Orthographic errors: ‘Maetosa’, ‘La Maetosa’, ‘La Maestoza’, ‘La Maestacca’. Received a First Class Certficate from the RHS. in 1869 as ‘La Maestosa’. Syn­onyms: ‘Maestosissima’, ‘La Maestosa’. Originated by Mariani, Italy.

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Blooming Season Italy

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