Charlie Bush

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.

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。