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Charlie Bush

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Id:ICR-2573

CountryAustralia

Year Published/Registered1995

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia 'Charlie Bush'

Chinese Name:粉查理

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» English Description

ACRS, Camellia News, 1995, No.135, p.13, Reg. No.457: Originated by John Hunt, Montrose, Victoria, Australia. A seedling of C.reticulata hybrids Arch of Triumph x Lasca Beauty. First flowered 1991. An informal double pink flower shading to light pink (RHS.CC.55B-C) on petal edge with 23 petals, 16.5 cm across x 8 cm deep. Flowers freely mid-season to late on a slow growing, upright, bushy plant. Leaves are dark green, matt, elliptic, flat, margins serrulate, apices acuminate, 11.5 cm long x 6 cm wide. Petals fluted. Filaments in groups. Flowers shed whole. Very thick petal texture with heavy veining. A large, high flower.

» Chinese Description

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪,2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》,第244页。澳大利亚John Hunt先生培育,系滇山茶‘凯旋门’(Archof Triumph)品种与滇山茶‘拉斯卡娇娇’(Lasca Beauty)品种之间的杂交种。花粉红色,花瓣边缘色泽略淡,半重瓣型至牡丹型,巨型花,花瓣23枚左右,厚质,瓣面有深色脉纹,花心可见黄色雄蕊,花量中等。叶片浓绿色,椭圆形,叶齿尖,叶面粗糙,植株立性,生长缓慢。花期中至晚。

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