Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.50, p.19,
description, p.211: A medium small, anemone centered form with outer
petals, 7-9 in number, in one row, crimson, rounded to obovate, slightly
emarginate, surrounding a compact, central cushion of small, erect,
folded petals, crimson with white edges. Blooms from early to late.
Leaves pale green, elliptic, apex acuminate, margins shallowly
serrulate. Very similar to Bokuhan but larger than it and with more
petals. Originated in the Chūbu area, Japan. A chance seedling of
Bokuhan, named and released by Eimei Nagata in 1957 in Nagoya City. See:
Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.37; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour,
vol.II, 1978, pl.443, p.175; Katei Gahō, ed., 1984, Chabana Koyomi,
vol.I, Tsubaki, p.57; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.66, 219;
Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.356. Chinese synonym
‘Shibu’.
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