(C.japonica) Thomasville Nursery Catalogue, 1838-1939: White. Large, slightly cupped

semi-double. Vigorous, spreading growth. Blooms mid-season. Synonyms: ‘May Watson’,

‘Mrs Fritz Saunders’. The parent plant is in Magnolia Gardens, John’s Island, South Carolina,

USA and is said to have originally been imported from Europe. However the modern cultivar

in America is not the same as the original European camellia of that name. See illustration,

p.349, Hertrich, 1954, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.I. See also colour photo,

Francesco, 1984, Floriculture, Lago Maggiore, p.10 as ‘Thriphosa’.

Triphosa. Berlèse, 1843, Iconographie, text facing pl.139. Abbreviation for ‘Triphosa Vera’, synonym for Tryphosa Unica Alba.

Triphosa Alba. Berlèse, 1845, Monographie, ed.3, index, p.337. Synonym for Tryphosa Unica Alba.

Triphosa Vera. Berlèse, 1840, Monographie, ed.2, pp.87, 226: Leaves 9 cm x 5.6 cm, some

round-oval, others ovate-lanceolate, prominent venation, deep green; flower about 11 cm

across, full, white, circumferential petals a little reflexed, those at the centre, numerous,

gathered together in a tuft, short, unequal. Resembles Lacteola. Illustrated by Berlèse, 1843,

Iconographie, pl.139 as ‘Triphosa Vera’ and in text on facing p. as ‘Triphosa’. The

illustration shows a medium sized, white, peony form camellia. Synonym for: Tryphosa Unica Alba.

Triple Flower. Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.177. Synonym for ‘Sandanzaki’.

Triple Tiara. Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.177. Synonym for Sandanka.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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