Minnie Maddern Fiske

McIlhenny Catalogue, 1945-1946, p.12: Very large, rose-pink throughout; colour very uniform from base to tip of petal; semi-double; outer petals very broad and round; inner petals irregular and frilled; stamens in 4 or 5 irregular groups. Anthers golden yellow. Leaves medium green, slender, elliptic, 7.5 cm x 2.5 cm, apex slender and twisted, base tapered, serrations shallow and fine. A tall, stately grower. See Fendig, 1951, American Camellia Catalogue, colour plate. Originated in Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana, USA. For black and white photo see p.238, Hertrich, 1955, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.II.