Dr. Hubert Linthe

Dr. Hubert Linthe (C.japonica higo-type) 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 color 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。