42 Incarnata

FLOWER

FLOWER

Formal double

DIAMETER

6,5 – 7,5 cm

DEPTH

Formal double

SIZE

Small

PETALS

Number: 51 - 58
Shape: Rounded (outer petals), elliptical (inner petals)
Surface: Flat (inner petals), slightly convex (outer petals)
Margin: Slightly incised
Color: White-pale pink (155 B)

STAMEN

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

PETALOIDS

Number: 0
Disposition: -

VARIEGATIONS

Type: -
Color: -

LEAF

LUNGTH

7,0 – 10,0 cm

WIDTH

3,5 – 5,5 cm

SHAPE

Blade: Elliptic
Apex: Acuminate
Margin: Finely serrated

COLOR

Upper page: 137 A
Lower page: 146 B

Location

San Secondo di Pinerolo, Park of Miradolo Castle (TO

Number

42

Origin of the mother plant

Villa Durazzo Pallavicini (Genoa) – N. 97

Blooming

Period: Medium early Density: Low

Where to observe the same variety

Villa San Remigio (VB) Villa Anelli – Oggebbio (VB) Villa Bottini (LU)

Origin

Chinese

Year of constitution

1812 circa

Breeder

Unknown

Synonyms

‘Blush’, ‘Blush Camellia’, ‘Buff’, ‘Buff Incarnata’, ‘Buff Pink’, ‘Buff-carnea’

First known description

Loddiges, 1818, Botanical Cabinet: “A formal double (…) Imbricated to give tiered or hexagonal form. Pale dawn pink.”

Additional citations

Chandler e Booth, 1831, Illustrations and Descriptions of the Plants which compose the natural order Camellieae Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie du genre Camellia, vol. II, pl.118. H.C. Andrew, 1812, Botanical Repository, vol. 10, pl.660. The Botanical Register, 1816. G. Cattolica, A. Lippi, P.E. Tomei, 1992, Camelie dell’Ottocento in Italia, p.74. Regione Piemonte, 2007, Camelie dell’Ottocento, vol II, p.50. 2012, Antiche camelie della Lucchesia, p.96-97.

First known illustration

Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie du genre Camellia, vol. II, pl.118.

Additional illustrations

B.L. Urquhart, 1956, The Camellia. E.G. Waterhouse, 1952, Camellia Trail, pl.VI.

Notes and remarks

This cultivar was brought to England from China in 1806 for Lady Amelia Hume of Wormelybury.