Dr Hubert Linthe

Dr Hubert Linthe (C.japonica higo-type) European Reg. No. 156.  International Camellia Journal 2021, No. 53, p. 25. Seedling of C.japonica Higo‘Ōkan’ and unknown pollen parent.  Originated in 2007 by camellia nurseryman Peter Fischer, of Wingst, Germany; first flowered in 2015.  Named by Higo camellia specialist Dr. Georg Ziemes, of Düsseldorf, Germany, in honor of the German physician Dr. Hubert Linthe, a long-standing member of the ICS and passionate camellia enthusiast.  Introduced by Savioli F.IIi. azienda Florovivaistica nursery in Verbania Pallanza, Italy. The plant is bushy and open,  growing at a medium rate.  The cultivar has round, green flower buds.  These open over a long mid-season period as single Higo-type blooms, with white base colour and crimson streaks ranging from narrow to broad, like some of the “brocade” Higo camellias.  Yellow stamens are in a ume-jin higo arrangement; filaments are white.  Flowers are similar to ‘Yamato-nishiki’ but with a smaller center relative to the size of the flower, which is 9-10 cm wide. Spent blooms fall whole.  The flat leaves are lustrous dark green on both sides, with an average 9 cm long and 6 cm wide. For naming story by Dr. Georg Ziemes, please read:  International Camellia Journal 2021, No.53, p.39-41.

休伯特林特博士(C. japonica ‘Dr. Hubert Linthe’) ，欧洲茶花登录号：156号。《国际山茶花杂志》 2021年第53期第25页。母本为王冠（Ōkan），父本未知。2007年由德国的山茶花苗圃 Peter Fischer培育；2015年首次开花。由德国杜塞尔多夫的肥后山茶专家Georg Ziemes博士命名，以纪念德国医生Hubert Linthe博士，他是国际山茶协会的长期会员和热情的山茶花爱好者。由意大利韦尔巴尼亚帕兰萨的花卉苗圃引种繁殖。灌木，以中等速度生长；花蕾绿色、圆形。花期中期开放、持续时间长。花单瓣，肥后型；花瓣白色带窄宽不等的深红色条纹，与多数带“锦”的肥后山茶一样。黄色雄蕊呈放射状排列；花丝白色。花与“日本锦”相似，但花心比例比较小。花直径9-10 厘米。花整个脱落。叶扁平，两面有光泽、深绿色，平均长9厘米，宽6厘米。