Id：ICR-20431
Country：Italy
Year Published/Registered：1842
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Vittata'
Species/Combination：C. japonica
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Vitilartii
Jose Maria Serra Establecimiento de Horticultura 1855, Catalogue, P.9. Orthographic error for Vittata.
» English Description
Catalogue des Plantes la Société Royale, d’Horticulture de Belgique, 1842, p.23. No description. Burdin Maggiore & Co, 1849-1850, Catalogue General. No description. Luzzatti, 1851, Collezione di Camelie, p.37: Imbricated, rather dark red, all petals from the circumference to the centre are striped with white. Ridolfi Florence Catalogue, 1848, p.9: Perfectly regular and imbricated flower. Vivid pink with strong, silvery white stripes. de Jonghe, 1851, Traité de la Culture du Camellia, p.124: From Italy. A regular, perfectly imbricated flower, deep pink with a broad, silvery white stripe in the centre of each petal. Verschaffelt, 1851, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book V, pl.I: Regularly imbricated blossoms with petals longitudinally crossed by a broad, white stripe. The petals are large, rounded, veined and slightly emarginate. At the centre they suddenly become smaller, compact, erect, forming a distinct heart. Originated in Florence, Italy by Ridolfi. Orthographic error: ‘Vitilartii’.
