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Id:ICR-22865

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1968

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia rusticana 'Akyō'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:阿嬌 あきょう

Meaning:Akyō (阿嬌): beautiful lady.

Description

» English Description

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias in Japan, pl. 213, p.108, description, p.153: Leaves, narrowly elliptic, long acuminate, thin texture, acutely serrate, veinlets flat or a little impressed, size 8.3-8.6 cm long by 3.8-4.1 cm wide; petioles, 5 mm long, very hairy. Flowers, double, deep rose (Rose madder 23). Hairy petals 2-3, normal petals, 24-34, wavy and irregular, largest, 4 cm long by 3.6 cm wide. Stamens about 2 cm long, a little irregular, filaments yellow, small winged petaloids amongst stamens. Originated in Kotani, Matsunoyama-mura, Niigata Prefecture, Japan.

» Japanese Description


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Blooming Season Japan

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