Id:ICR-14250
Country:Japan
Year Published/Registered:1968
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Ōmino'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
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Oo-mino
Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.249.Different reading for ōmino.
» English Description
Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.249, p.126, description, p.166 as ‘Oo-mino’: Leaves broad-elliptic, dark olive green, thick, venation impressed, manifestly denticulate on margins, 5.1-8.5 cm long x 3.1-4.5 cm wide. An incomplete double flower, with a large, densely packed centre of petals and petaloids, deep pink (Rose Madder 23/2). Guard petals, 6-10; inner petals and petaloids. 224-283 in number, intermingled with a few normal stamens. Inner petals narrowly oblong and undulated; petioles thinly stalked, fan shaped. Mid-season to late flowering. Originated by Mr Shigenobu Takano, Yatsuo-machi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.