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| Officers | Governing Board |
| Larry Heard - President | Don Oyler-Past President |
| Tom Getz- Vice President | James Walker |
| Maureen Kennedy - Secretary | Harrirt Nihart |
| Debbie Smith - Treasurer | Justin Stamper |
| Jim Smelley (Show Chairman) | Marie Stringfellow |
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James Smelley (Honorary) |
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FIRST MEETING ON SUNDAY SEPTEMBER 14 COME JOIN US--SOCIALIZE WITH A GREAT GROUP, ENJOY OUR REFRISHMENTS, AND LEARN ABOUT CAMELLIAS <<CLICK HERE FOR INFORMATION>>
CAMELLIA HISTORY FACT ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ This is a new feature that will be
updated periodically. The C. Reticulata cultivars ‘Frank
Houser’ and ‘Frank Houser Variegated’ consistently receive
the highest number of awards at camellia shows . ‘Frank
Houser’ originated from a seedling of the Reticulata hybrid
'Buddha' x Japonica 'Steve Blount' that was cultivated by
Dr. Walter E. Homeyer. Although Dr. Homeyer was initially
unimpressed by the bloom, his close friend and neighbor,
Frank Houser, admired it so much that Dr. Homeyer named the
plant after him and registered it in 1989. A
virus-variegated form of the Reticulata hybrid 'Frank
Houser' was subsequently registered in 1990 by Marvin
Jernigan. ‘Frank Houser’ was honored with the National
Camellia Hall of Fame award in 1995. Bloom ranking for camellia cultivars
can be found at ACCS
Bloom Ranking Archives
T. W. Bower of Mobile produced a
graft of 'Doctor Knapp on 'Mathotiana variegated understock.
The bloom from this graft did not resemble the scion or the
rootstock. It was classified as a graft chimera. The
term chimera comes from Greek mythology and was depicted as
a creature with a lion’s head, a goat's body and a serpent's
tail. When applied to biology it means. an organism having
tissues from different organisms. Helen Bower was shown on the
cover of the July 1964 ACS publication THE CAMELLIA
JOURNAL. You can see a picture of Helen Bower by going
to
Camellia Library - General Search Feature and typing
Helen Bower. Another graft chimera originated from a graft of a camellia japonica on a Camellia sasanqua, You can read about this at Yearbook-1970-Camellia Daisy Eagleson-A Chimera.pdf WANT TO SEE AND BUY SOME GREAT CAMELLIAS? GO TO ONE OF THESE SHOWS: OZONE CAMELLIA CLUB DEC. 7, 2024 PENSACOLA CAMELLIA CLUB DEC.14, 2024 CLICK ON THE REGIONAL EVENTS SIDEBAR FOR DETAILS I AM FREQUENTLY ASKED ABOUT WHERE YOU CAN BUY CAMELLIAS LIKE THE BEAUTIFUL ONES DISPLAYED AT CAMELLIA SHOWS. MY ANSWER IS THAT YOU PROBABLY CAN'T. LOCAL NURSERIES ARE NOT LIKELY TO CARRY THEM. SOME CAN BE FOUND BY MAIL ORDER, BUT SHIPPING COSTS MAKE THEM VERY EXPENSIVE. COME TO OUR SHOW TO SEE A GREAT SELECTION OF CAMELLIAS FOR SALE' AND IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO GET ADDITIOAL GREAT CAMELLIA VARIETIES' JOIN OUR CLUB AND LEARN HOW TO PROPAGATE YOUR OWN. The Camellia Club of Mobile Meets the 2nd Sunday of the Month at 2:00 p.m. from September to April at the Jon Archer Agricultural Center1070 Schillinger Rd. N. Mobile, AL A PREVIOUS CAMELLIA SHOW
CLICK TO SEE A COPY OF THE BYLAWS A LIST OF CAMELLIA HISTORY LINKS CLICK TO SEE CAMELLIA HISTORY LINKS Mobile is the heart of camellia country. To see a list of Mobile area camellias click the link below.
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