160. Prince Troubetzkoy

FLOWER

FLOWER

Anemone form

DIAMETER

6,0 – 7,0 cm

DEPTH

Anemone form

SIZE

Small

PETALS

Number: 6 - 9
Shape: Heart-shaped
Surface: Flat
Margin: Incised
Color: Red

STAMEN

Number: 0
Disposition: -
Filament’s color: -
Anther’s color: -

PETALOIDS

Number: 209 - 248
Disposition: Regular

VARIEGATIONS

Type: -
Color: -

OTHER FEATURES/NOTES

Other features/ notes: Longitudinal sides of petaloids are lighter in color; evident veining

LEAF

LUNGTH

9,0 – 11,0 cm

WIDTH

5,1 – 6,0 cm

SHAPE

Blade: Ovate
Apex: Acute
Margin: Briefly serrated

COLOR

Upper page: 147 A
Lower page: 146 A

Location

San Secondo di Pinerolo, Park of Miradolo Castle (TO)

Number

160

Origin of the mother plant

Eden, Rovelli Collection, Pallanza – N. 37

Blooming

Periodo: Late Densità: Low

Where to observe the same variety

Villa Bialetti (VB) Villa Anelli – Oggebbio (VB)

Origin

Italian

Year of constitution

1847 circa

Breeder

Unknown

Synonyms

-

First known description

Verschaffelt, 1851, Nouvelle Iconographie, liv. 6, pl.1: “It is a very large bloom, irregular, peony shaped, of the most vivid pink, with one or two rows of extremely ample petals, convex, reflexed, and of an immense number of much smaller ones, quite compact, diversiform, and imitating perfectly the floral arrangement of the peonies.”

Additional citations

Verschaffelt, 1847-1848, Catalogue, p.61. Regione Piemonte, 2000, Camelie dell’Ottocento nel Verbano, p.192-193. 2006, Le Antiche Camelie dei Rovelli, p.118-119. P. Hillebrand, G. Bertolazzi, 2011, Antiche camelie: Parchi e giardini del Lago Maggiore, p.342.

First known illustration

Verschaffelt, 1851, Nouvelle Iconographie, liv. 6, pl.1.

Additional illustrations

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Notes and remarks

The camellia is dedicated to Prince Pietro Troubetzkoy, who arrived in Italy in the mid-1800s. The prince gave himself with great care in search of a "pleasant" place, where he could build a villa, until he chose a large land near Ghiffa (VB), on the shores of Lake Maggiore. Once the house was built, he created a garden, for the realization of which, for years, he procured, without regard to expense, the rarest, most