Uekiya, Bunsuke, 1830, Uekiya Bunsuke Hikki; Taniguchi, 1912, Chinka
Kyōkan: Light pink flower, 9 cm across, 5-6 petals, opening evenly.
Stamens fully opened, yellowish, filaments white; petals creped. Late
flowering. Fertile. Leaves large, ovate-elliptic to ovoid. See colour
photo & description; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972,
p.368; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.23 & description, p.203;
Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.1 17. Originated in Kumamoto
Prefecture, Japan. Species Vernalis.
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