Princess Irene Variegated

Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue: Pink variegated. Semi-double. Early. Hertrich, 1959. Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III, p.193, illustration, p.190 description: Flower semi-double to incomplete double, Camellia Rose 622 with darker veins, some petals with large white blotches, virus induced. Petals about 12, undulate, firm, widely notched. Centre of flower, upright yet spreading cluster of stamens, petaloids and narrow petals mixed and variable; white filaments, yellow anthers. Leaves elliptical, cupped. mid-green, leathery, 10 cm. x 5 cm, fine, shallow serrations, long pointed apex on an open, upright, vigorous plant. Free flowering mid-season.