Jacob Makoy Catalogue, 1838. No description. Jacob Makoy Catalogue,
1841, p.10: “There are many camellias found in commerce which are false
(Virus variegated). This is a wonderful variegated, which I have raised
from seed.” van Houtte Catalogue, 1841, 7:5: Red with white blotches.
Most beautiful; then in his 1844-1845, 18:9 Catalogue: Velvety blood
red, covered with wide, pure white blotches. Berlèse, 1843,
Iconographie, vol.3, pl.275 and Verschaffelt,1850, Nouvelle
Iconographie, Book II, pl.I both have illustrations and desciptions:
Informal double to peony form, 9 cm across, intense red, marbled white,
shows some stamens when fully opened. Large, outer guard petals,
imbricated, with small petals in the centre. Mid-season flowering.
Rounded, deep green leaves, 7.5 cm long by 5 cm wide, round bases, sharp
serrations, slow, bushy growth. Supplied by Jacob Makoy Co., Leige,
Belgium who, according to Berlèse, 1843, obtained it from Italy; however
Makoy says he raised it from seed in Belgium. Synonyms: ‘Collettii
Maculata’, ‘Girard Debaillon’, ‘Purpliana’, ‘Purplyana’, ‘Genevieve de
Barbier’, ‘Tea Garden Strain’, ‘Collettii Vera’, ‘Collettii de Milan’,
‘Collettii Maculosa’. Orthographic errors: ‘Colletii’, ‘Colleti’,
‘Coletti’, ‘Colletia’, ‘Colletti’, ‘Collestii’, ‘Colettii’, ‘Coeltti’,
‘Coleti’, ‘Coletti Maculata’, ‘Colleti Vera’, ‘Coletti Vera’, ‘Colleti
Maculata’, ‘Collettia Maculata’, ‘Collietti’, ‘Colletti’. Orthographic
variant: ‘Colettii Vera’. Chinese synonym ‘Kelaidi’.
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