Billie McCaskill

American Camellia Yearbook, 1955, p.335, Reg. No.237: A 10 year old chance seedling, originated by McCaskill Gardens, Pasadena, California, USA, that first flowered 1952. Plant growth is average, upright and compact. the medium textured leaves are ellip­tic to ovate, finely serrate. Flower buds, long and tapering. The softly shaded, pink flowers, 7.5-8.5 cm across, are semi-double with 18 petals, deeply fimbriated. Flowers mid-season to late. See colour photo, p.73, Macoboy, 1981, The Dictionary of Camelluas in Colour and the American Camellia Yearbook, 1956 facing p.146. Nuccio’s Nurseries Catalogue, 1958 also incudes a colour photo. It won the “Margarete Hertrich Award” in 1957. Registration No. 237, American Camellia Yearbook, p.335, 1955. Chinese synonym: ‘Maika’.

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，第43页。美国加利福尼亚州McCaskill Gardens植物园培育花粉红色，半重瓣型，中型花，花瓣18〜20枚，排列松散，外翻，略呈波浪状，长倒卵圆形，边缘有深锯齿，瓣面可见深色脉纹，花心有较短的筒状雄蕊，花丝粉红色，花药黄色，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，椭圆形至卵圆形，光亮，叶齿细，植株紧凑，生长中等。花期中至晚。