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Mathotiana
Common Name: Mathotiana
Scientific Name: Camellia Japonica 'Mathotiana'
Species: Japonica
Category: Shrub
Habit: Evergreen
Form: Compact, upright growth
Bloom Color: Crimson, sometimes with purple cast
Bloom Size: Large to very large
Bloom Shape: Rose form double to formal double
Bloom Season: M-L
Foliage Description: Dark green
Growth Rate: Vigorous
Hybridizer: Mathot
Place of Origin: Belgium - Ghent
Year of Origin: 1840's - Europe to United States - Magnolia Plantation - Charleston, South Carolina
Heritage: Recorded as a seedling of Japonica 'Anemonaeflora' x Japonica 'Sieboldii'
Photographer: Randolph Maphis
Link: http://camellia.iflora.cn/Cutivars/Detail?latin=Mathotiana
Location: G-5