Fūkihime

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.178, p.90, description, p.141: Leaves variable, oblong to rhomeo-elliptic to narrow-obovate, apices finely acuminate, margins depressed crenate, 8 cm long x 4.3 cm wide. Flowers semi-double, inner much smaller, red (Carmine 21/1), hairy petals 3, normal 8-15, obovate, shallowly emarginate, inner petals wavy. Androecium 3.7 cm high, often divided into 4 or 5 groups, intermingled with irregular, small petals and petaloids. Late flowering. Different reading ‘Hukihime’. Originated in Momoyama, Fushimi-ku, Japan.