Sophiana

Poiteau, 1835, Annales de la Société d’Horticulture de Paris, 16:212-214; Revue Horticole, 1835, Vol.3, pp.75-76 in Portugese and translated in English by Armando de Castro Oliveira A new camellia from a seedling made seven years ago, bloomed for the first time in January at Mr. Mathieu, gardener florist, rue de Buffon, nº24, in Paris. The plant is of a beautiful port: its leaves are large and shiny green; but what particularly distinguishes it is the structure of its beautiful and large flowers of a bright pink. These flowers sound semi-full, flared in tulip; the stamens are divided into five or six divergents bundles, and leave absolutely free and see in their center the ovary and the five or six styles that surmount it. The pink color and elegance of these flowers will make them get a distinguished place in the collections'. Berlèse, 1837, Monographie, ed.1, pp.88, 118, 128: Leaves oval, slightly acuminate, deeply serrate, green; bud large, conical; Flower cherry-red, 8.5 cm across, 15-20 petals, broad, well imbricated, reflexed towards the centre, convex in the middle, concave a the base; petals of the centre disposed like a lily; filaments in 5 fascicles. Originated from seed by Mr Mathieu of Paris, France and named by Mr Poiteau.