(C.japonica), Verschafelt, 1860, Nouvelle Iconographie, Book II, pl.I: The blossom of

the largest size, is composed of innumerable, rounded petals, even, close, serried and

imbricated with the utmost regularity. Its delicate pink colouring is closely striped and banded

with crimson. It was raised from seed by Count Bernadino Lechi, Brescia, Italy and named for

the French horticulturalist, Comte de Gomer of Amiens. This variety was also illustrated in

pl.196, The Floral Magazine, 1865. The camellia at present grown under this name shows a

wide range of variation from almost self carmine (HCC.21/1) to heavily flecked with deeper

colour and some white blotched. Leaves broadly elliptic, 8 cm long by 4.5-5 cm wide, serrate,

shortly acuminate, mid-green. In American the names ‘Anna Frost’, ‘Madonna Pink’, and

‘Madonna’ have been erroneously equated with Comte de Gomer. Orthographic errors:

‘Compte de Comer’, ‘Comte de Comer’, ‘Compte de Gomer’, ‘Compte d’Gomer’, ‘Come de

Gomer’, ‘Comte de Gomez’. Orthographic variant: ‘Conte de Gomer’.