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Mexicana

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-12436

CountryItaly

Year Published/Registered1833

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Mexicana'

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Synonym

Meticana Phillipe Ier  Berlèse, 1833, Horticulteur Belge, Jornal Jardin Amateur, 1:82. Orthographic error for ‘Mexicana Phillipe Ier’ (Mexicana).

Philippe Ier  Berlèse. 1833, Horticole Belge Journal Jardin Amateur. 1:82. Orthographic variant: ‘Phillipe Premier’. Synonym for Mexicana.

Phillipe Premier  Cels, Paris Nursery Catalogue. 1836-1837, p.10. Orthographic variant for ‘Phillipe Ier’, synonym for Mexicana.

Phylippe I  Scarlatti Catalogue. 1856. Orthographic error for ‘Philippe Ier’, synonym for Mexi­cana.

Description

» English Description

Berlèse, 1833, Horticole Belge, Jornal Jardin Amateurs, 1:82:- From the garden of M. Sacco, Milam, Italy as ‘Meticana Phillipe Ier’. Leaves of medium size, oval; flower medium sized, double, cherry-red spotted with white; it is like the flower of Fioniana, a little more spotted with white. A sport of ‘Variegata Plena’ (Variegata). Orthographic error: ‘Meticana, Phillipe Ier’.

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