'Jenny Lynn'?

16 years ago

Hi,

Looked at every picture on the American Camellia Society encyclopedia for this japonica (sold to me as 'Jenny Lynn):

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The closest I found was 'Herme.'

(Link: http://www.americancamellias.org/display.aspx?catid=3,136,137,153&pageid=306 )

Don't know where nurseries get their names from but I know that many of the camellias I have don't match the picture listed on the online encyclopedia.

So I was wondering if anyone had heard of a camellia japonica 'Jenny Lynn' before?

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spartacuslives
16 years ago
The picture in your post is definitely 'Herme'. I took the following picture of 'Herme' yesterday.

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There is no camellia named 'Jenny Lynn' that has been registered, but there is a camellia that was registered in 1938 that was called 'Jenny Lind'. This variety was a sport or mutant of 'Herme'. The name 'Jenny Lind' was replaced by another name called 'Beauty of Holland'. I took the picture below of 'Beauty of Holland' (aka 'Jenny Lind') yesterday.

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I hope this info may help a little. There are too many names and synonyms in Camellia Nomenclature, so issues like this one are unfortunately common. I am involved with the development of a huge searchable database that will soon be launched on CamelliaWeb. Hopefully, it will enable everyone to find answers to problems like yours much quicker.
buckcity
Original Author
16 years ago
Can't thank you enough!
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