Bontenhaku-hōshū

ICS., Apr.1990, Japanese Camellia Cultivar List, p.4: Small size, white, bud centred double. Blooms late. The leaves are the “Bontenba” form. See explanation for Bontenjiro. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.243 with colour photo; English translation p.170. Originated in Shizu’oka Prefecture, Japan by Toshikazu Iwamoto in 1988, as a natural seedling of Bontenjiro.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.243.　【花】白色の宝珠咲き、肉厚、中輪、3 〜4月。【葉】錦魚葉に梵天葉が混 じるが、やや不安定。【樹】立性、強 い。【来歴】梵天白の自然実生。1988 年に岩本俊数の作出•発表。写•文/ 岩本。