Chudie

Feng Guomei, 1989, Chuxiong Camellia Catalogue, with colour illustration: Large, 11-13 cm across, open peony form bloom, with wavy erect petals. Light red colour. Mid-season blooming. Originated in Chuxiong, Yunnan, China. sport：Manao Chudie.

This cultivar is originated in Chuxiong, Yunnan, China. Flowers peach red, very Large 14-15 cm in diameter, open peony form. Petals 19-21 in 5-6 whorls, broad ovate, the outer petals flat, the inner petals curved or two petals connected at the from the middle to the base. Stamens numerous, developed well, divided into several bundles in curved petals or distributed in the center. Pitils most rudimentary, few fruits.  Flower moderate abundance. Leaves oblong-elliptic ovate, 6-10 cm long by 4-5.5 cm wide, the apices acuminate, base broad-cunneate, the vein obivious and depressed, the margins deep serrate. Plant open grow in medium speed.  The flowering season is from late December to early March next year. It could be distinguished by peach color flower in open peony form, the corrola round and full; and by obivious and depressed veins leaves with deep serrate margins.

管开云、李纪元、王仲朗主编，2014. 《中国茶花图鉴》, p.238.

原产地：云南省楚雄市永安乡庄甸朱洗冲。性状描述：花桃红色，松散牡丹型，巨型花，花径14~15cm，花瓣19~21枚，宽卵圆形，5~6轮排列，外轮花瓣平，内轮曲折或两片中部以下连生，雄蕊多数发育良好，分束夹于曲折花瓣中或于花心，雌蕊多数退化，偶有结实，花量中等。叶片绿色，长椭圆状卵圆形，长6~10cm，宽4~5.5cm，先端渐尖，基部宽楔形，叶面叶脉明显且下凹，叶缘锯齿深；植株开张，生长中等。花期：12月下旬至翌年3月上旬。 识别点：本品种花色桃红，松散牡丹型，花冠饱满，叶长椭圆状卵圆形，叶脉明显且下凹，叶缘锯齿深，枝条粗壮。芽变品种：玛瑙楚碟。