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Melinde

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Id:ICR-12364

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1842

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Melinde'

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Melenda  Verschaffelt Catalogue, 1847-1848, p.59. Orthographic error for Melinde.

Melinda  Catalogue des plantes la Société Royale d’Horticulture de Belgique 1842, p.22. Orthographic variant for Melinde.

Melindii  Dauvesse Catalogue, 1855-1856. Orthographic error for Melinde.

Description

» English Description

Jacob Makoy et Cie Nursery Catalogue. 1842, p.9. No description. Colla, 1843, Camelliografia, p.95: Corolla of many petals, disposed semi-regularly in various rows, Open. rather recurved and pendent. the flower staying semi-globose with the petals round-ovate, lightly emarginate at the apex. Milk white. Similar to Meride, but distinguished by the foliage narrower and the flower larger and semi-globose. Obtained by Negri, Milan, Italy from seed. Ortho­graphic errors: ‘Melindii’, ‘Melenda’. Orthographic variant: ‘Melinda’.

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Blooming Season Italy

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