Feiyan (sasanqua)

Feiyan (C.  sasanqua). China Regn. #2015-197. China Flowers & Horticulture, 2015, No.24, p.50. Flowers single form, light pink , fragrant, petals oblong, 5-6 cm diameter, petals 6 in a whorl, stamens cluster in the center. Leaves lanceolate to long elliptic, glossy, 4.3-7.2 cm long, 1.2-2.6 cm wide, apices acuminate, bases cuneate, margins crenate. Foliage dense, growth fast. Flowers early. please note that there was a name Feiyan before under C. japonica, they were completely different cultivars.

飞燕茶梅 Camellia sasanqua‘Feiyan’ 中国登录号：2015-197，《中国花卉园艺》2015年第24期50页。由沈云光命名，云南省昆明市蓝黑路 132 号的中国科学院昆明植物研究所培育并登录。本品种从种子实生苗中选育。2007 年播种，2011 年开花。花淡桃红色，单瓣型，具芳香，花瓣矩圆形，花瓣~6枚，花径5~6厘米，雄蕊多数，分离，集于花心，柱头3裂，子房有毛。叶披针形至长椭圆形，长4.3~7.2厘米，宽1.2~2.6厘米，先端渐尖，基部楔形，叶片下弯呈弓形，叶缘锯齿不显著，叶片具光泽。树形紧凑，长势旺。花期9月下旬至12月。发表时名称为飞燕，但红山茶（C. japonica)已有先出同名品种，因此，本品种改名为’飞燕茶梅‘。