Princess Elizabeth

McIlhenny Catalogue, 1950-1951, p.3: A large, full double bloom, 9.5-­10 cm across. Outside four rows of large petals are blush pink, standing straight out from base; other four rows are white and irregularly placed, some compressed, pointing upwards, irregu­larly grouped around a loose centre of low, white stamens, tipped primuline yellow. Origi­nated at Jungle Gardens, Avery Island, Louisiana, USA. Synonyms: ‘Billy Porter’, ‘Bill Porter’. See illustration p.21, Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, pl.III, as ‘Bill Porter’.