Id:ICR-11577
Country:Italy
Year Published/Registered:1851
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Manara'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Mannara
Rollison Nursery Catalogue, 1871. Orthographic error for Manara.
» English Description
de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camellia, p.112. No description. Luzzatti, 1851, Collezione di Camelie p.26: Magnificent, imbricated flower, bright pink spotted with white. Franchetti, 1855, Collezione di Camelie, p.43: Imbricated flower, bright rose speckled with white, deeper centre. Verschaffelt, 1857, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book VI, pl.I: The blossoms, larger than average, are formed of numerous rounded or ovate petals, scarsely lobulate, outspread, convex, of a vivid, almost uniform, cherry-red, with a few faint white stripes at the centre. Originated in Italy by B. Lechi. Orthographic error: ‘Mannara’.