Baiban Yanzhilian

Chen, Shao Yun, 1985, Camellias from Zhejiang, p.95, colour photo [p.131]: Medium sized, bud centred formal double. Outer petals rounded, becoming pointed towards the centre, channelled, red with white marks and blotches. Leaves bright green, elliptic, acuminate, sharply serrate. Similar to ‘Yanzhilian’. See Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.47, No.274, colour photo No.157. also see Zhou Li, 2011, Illustrated Handbook for Sichuan Camellias, p.190.  Characteristics: Plant habit vigorous, with open crown. Leaves yellowish green with occasional yellow spots, glossy, elliptic, with apex apiculate, base obtuse, margins slightly reflexed, measuring 7.5 cm to 8 cm across by 3.5 cm to 4 cm wide. Calyxes are opening. Flowers bright red, deep red at initially blooming. Petals rounded, flat, with a lots of white spots, heavy texture, imbricated regularly, about 60 segments, diameter 8 cm to 10 cm, from double form. Blooming February to April, with fully blooming in March.  

陈绍云等,1985《浙江山茶花》95页。周利主编、2011《川茶品种图鉴》 p.190。机株开张，生长旺盛；叶黄绿色，有光泽，叶片上有少量黄色斑块，椭圆形，先端渐尖，基部楔形，叶缘略反卷，叶长7.5cm-8cm，宽3.5cm-4cm;花萼开张，花大红色，初开时深红色，花瓣近圆形，平展，花瓣上有大量白斑，质地厚实，花瓣呈覆瓦状排列整齐，约60枚，花径8cm~10cm，完全重瓣型，花量中等，花期2月~4月，盛花期3月。识别特征：花大红色，花瓣上有大量白斑。原始产地：四川