Spectabilis

Berlèse, 1837, Monographie, ed.1, pp.63, 70, 87, 126: Large double, 8 cm flower, of medium, vivid pink; exterior petals, regularly arranged in 3 rows, are wide and sometimes spotted with white; the centre petals are smaller, oval and ruffled and often streaked with white. Verschaffelt, 1856, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book V, pl.II. Grown from seed in Paris and also known as ‘Celsiana’ and ‘Lutetiana’.