Baoyuhong

Yü and Bartholomew, 1980. American Camellia Yearbook, p.12: “Spinel pink. E. Kunming. (‘Red Jewel’), Bao, 1980)”; Feng et al., 1981, Yunnan Shanchahua p.56, 57, colour photo and description: Open peony form to semi-double, 11-12 cm across, 24-28 petals in 5-6 whorls, notched at the apex; centre petals, small, erect, streaked with white, mixed in with sta­mens and a few petaloids, pistil rudimentary. Colour, RHS,CC,55A, spinel pink, slightly green­ish. Leaves elliptic to ovate, flat, margins revolute, apices acuminate and recurved, bases cuneate or slightly broadened, 7-9 cm long by 3-4 cm wide. This is a new cultivar selected from seedlings of open pollinated seeds by researchers at the Kunming Botanical Gardens, Yunnan, China. Flowers early. Different reading: ‘Pao-yü-hung’. Synonyms: ‘Red Jewel’, ‘Precious Jade Red’. See Feng et al., 1986, Yunnan Camellias of China, p.48 for illustration.

冯国楣、夏丽芳、朱象鸿，1981.《云南山茶花》，图片p.21。文字描述p.110。宝玉红（Baoyuhong) Red Jewel.【叶】椭圆形至卵圆形，长7-9厘米，宽3-4厘 米，先端渐尖并下勾，基部楔形或宽楔形，叶缘向外 卷，叶身平。【花】桃红色带亚蓝（R.H.S.C.C.55A)，直径11-12厘米。花瓣24-28片，5-6轮着生，花瓣平，排列整 齐，花瓣先端有缺刻，并具有一小倒钩，瓣边缘略向内 卷，内轮小花瓣具白色条纹。雄蕊多数发育良好，少数 变成小花瓣。雌蕊多数退化成扁平状。花期1月中旬至 2月下旬。本品种系中国科学院昆明植物研究所植物园从自然 杂交种子实生苗中选育出的新品种。 

管开云、李纪元、王仲朗主编，2014. 《中国茶花图鉴》, p.235。 原产地：中国云南中科院昆明植物研究所植物园。性状描述：花桃红色，玫瑰重瓣型，大型花，花径11~12 cm，花瓣24~28枚，宽圆形， 5~6轮排列，花瓣平，排列整齐，边缘略向内卷，内轮小花瓣具白色条纹，雄蕊分束于花心，雌蕊多数退化，偶能结实，花量中等。叶片绿色，椭圆形至卵圆形，长7~9cm，宽3~4cm，先端渐尖，下弯，基部楔形至宽楔形，叶边缘向外卷；植株开张。花期：1月上旬至2月下旬。识别点：本品种花色桃红带亚蓝，花瓣排列整齐，边缘略向内卷，内轮小花瓣具白色条纹，叶边缘向外卷。