Marietta Delgrande

Medici Spada, 1858, Delle Nuove Camellie che si Vengono Ottenendo dalle Semine Romane, p.6: Flower medium, with 5 outer rows of petals, rounded, lobate and imbricated in the form of a cup; those medium and central, oblong; the first rounded, the sec­ond acuminate and imbricated like a star. The 5 outer rows are a soft flesh colour, embroidered and spotted carmine, becoming scarlet in the middle and central areas with some stripes of pale rose. Originated in Italy by Delgrande, Rome.