Chūbu-tōnishiki

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.1, 1972, p.154, pl.361, description p.345: A medium size, loose, informal double of soft pink, fad­ing to white at the petal margins, with the petals veined deeper pink towards their base. Two rows of large, rounded guard petals, 120 in number, enclose groups of erect, ruffled petals, forming the stamens into 5 fascicles with milk white filaments. Mid-season flowering. Leaves, medium sized, broad-elliptic, light green. Originated in Chūbu District, Japan. Note: The Kantō cultivar reading Kara-nishiki, (same characters) is a different variety. Resembles Hikarugenji. Synonyms ‘Kurume-genji’ from Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.96 & p.230, and ‘To-nishiki’ in Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.383, & p.203 & Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.87.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.345.　中部産　「花」桃紅色地に白覆輪抱え咲きの大輪、花の内部に3～4個の小輪が集まり、それをさらに11～12弁の外弁が囲んでいる。

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