Dr. Theodor Bellman

ACRS., 1981, Camellia News, No.79, p.28, colour photo, p.5, Reg. No.270: Originated by T.J. Savige, Wirlinga, N.S.W., Australia. A chance seedling from ‘Yobeki-dori’, that first flowered 1977. Plant is open, spreading, inclined to weep with mid­ green leaves, 9 cm x 3.5 cm, narrow-elliptic, cuspidate; base acute, margins finely serrate. The 10-11 cm, hose-in-hose, semi-double flowers have 16-18 petals, pointed of palest pink and slen­der stamen column. Blooms mid-season to late.