Id：ICR-12179
Country：Belgium
Year Published/Registered：1858
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Mathotiana Alba'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
Chinese Name：白玛索
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Baihua Masetiana Shao, Taichong, 1992, The Observations from the Camellia World, p.12. Chinese synonym for the European C.japonica Mathotiana Alba.
Blood of Christ Rubel, 1936, Wholesale Price List No.74, p.13. Synonym for Mathotiana Alba.
Dolly Rice Wade, 1949, American Camellia Yearbook, p.194. Synonym for Mathotiana Alba.
Inconstant Beauty McIlhenny, 1934, List of Camellia Japonica for Sale, p.2; Barron, Mar.1934, Country Life, p.53 with coloured flower painting. Synonym for Mathotiana Alba.
Mahotiana Alba Gexplant, Angers Catalogue, 1970-1971. Orthographic error for Mathotiana Alba.
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» English Description
van Houtte Catalogue, 1858; Verschaffelt 1858, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book VI, pl.II. Found in a group of seedlings obtained by the late Mr Mathot of Ghent. Its blossoms of the largest size, are composed of very numerous, ample petals of equal size, ovate and almost pointed, of a snow white colouring and imbricated. This formal double camellia, about 10 cm across, is white with a rare pink fleck, vigorous, upright growth and large, light green leaves, smooth, leathery with obscure serrations. Note: This cultivar and its sports bear no relationship with Mathotiana, Grand Sultan or Julia Drayton. Sports: Mathotiana Rosea, Mathotiana Rosea Variegated, Souvenir de Bahuaud-Litou. Synonyms: ‘Blood of Christ’, ‘Inconstant Beauty’. Orthographic errors: ‘Matholiana Alba’, ‘Mattutiana Alba’, ‘Mathottiana Alba’, ‘Mathoniana Alba’, ‘Mothotiana Alba’, ‘Mattothiana Alba’, ‘Mathatiana Alba’, ‘Mathistiana Alba’. See colour pl.XXXV, Urquhart, 1960, The Camellia, vol.II. For black and white photos see p.231, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II and Sharp, 1958, Camellias Illustrated, p.160.
» Chinese Description
朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.180. Mathotiana Alba 白玛索(C. japonica)红山茶。1858，比利时，根特(Ghent)，Mr Mathot。自然实生种。完全形、纯白色，偶有出现稀有的粉红条斑，中〜大轮(9〜10x3.5〜4cm)，花期2~3月，树性直立、长势强。同种异名：Blood of Christ、Inconstant Beauty。突变种：Mathotiana Rosea、Souvenir de Bahuaud-Litou。此品种及其产生的突变种与Mathotiana、Julia Drayton、 Grand Sultan并无关联。Mathotiana Alba马索底亚那(白化)一新竹市茶花产销班目录，2002-2006, p.62, M77.
Flower Form：Formal / Imbricate
Flower Colour：Bicolor Flower / Striped red
Flower Size： 9-10 cm
Blooming Season： 2-3 Month Belgium
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