Ō-nishiki (Yamazaki)

Shimada, Yaichi, 1957, Kumamoto no Sazanka ni Tsuite. Dan­tairin; Satomi, 1958, Nomenclature List of Sasanqua of Japan, p.13 as ‘Oh-nishiki’: White shaded pink towards the edge. Large single to semi-double. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. Named by Yamazaki, Sadatsugu in 1879. A typical Higo sasanqua. See pl.582 & p.396, Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972. Different readings: ‘Oo-nishiki’, ‘Oh-nishiki’.

大錦，おおにしき，‘Ō-nishiki’（C. sasanqua），陈丽惠2013年《山茶花谱台湾情》第159页，【花】:白瓣緣深红、單瓣型、大輪、早生。 【葉】長橢圓、大型。立性。山崎贞嗣出， 1879年名，為肥後茶茶梅的代表品種。