Nymphaeiflora

van Houtte Catalogue, 1839, 1:6: No description. Gheldorf, Const., 1844, Catalogue of Plants and Price List, p.10: Very regular and very double red with 6-7 rows of petals; each petal often embellished with a white stripe. Verschaffelt, 1848, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book IV, pl. IV as ‘Nymphaeflora’: The shrub is bushy with well furnished branches and ovate-oblong, acuminate leaves of deep, glossy green with a few veins and small notching towards the apex. The blossom is large, 9-10 cm across, open and convex; the petals of vivid cherry-red fading to pink, are regularly imbricated, rounded; those of the interior, slightly emarginate, but full and pointed. The flower remains a long time on the plant and acquires a blue tint as it ages. Orthographic error: ‘Nymphae Flora’, ‘Nymphaeflora’.