Chihō

Nagoya Camellia Society Bulletin, 1992, No.25, [5], p.3 colour plate: Originated by Kōji Funakoshi, Nagoya, Japan. A chance seedling of Matoba-nishiki. Size is 10 cmacross, hose-in-hose semi-double like Hagoromo. Colour a pale delicate pink darker at the edge of the petals. Stamens a cylindrical tube, sometimes divided. Freesia type fragrance.