Fengcheng Zhixia

China Camellia Regn No. 2019-289. Published in China Flowers & Horticulture, 2019, No.16, p.57 with a colour photo. This cultivar was bred and registered by Zhu Jincai from Hsinchu of Taiwan. It was bred from the seedlings of 'Kanjiro' and bloomed for the first time in December 2016. The flower is dark pink with a purplish pink. Flower color can change to dark red in cold weather. The middle and upper petals slightly white with faint spots. Rose double to formal double, small flower, flower diameter 6.0～7.0 cm, petal 25 ～30. Petals obovate, stiff, deep concave at the apex, and densely blooming. Leaves medium green, bright, leathery, small oval, 5.0-5.5 cm long, 2.8-3.5 cm wide, with obvious main veins and shallow and obtuse teeth. Plant compact, erect, and growing vigorously. Flowering from December to January of the following year.

凤城之霞 Camellia sasanqua 'Fengcheng Zhixia' 中国茶花登录号：2019-289。《中国花卉园艺》2019年第16期57页。本品种由台灣省新竹縣竹北市培育并登录，系从日本茶梅‘勘次郎’（Kanjiro）的实生苗中选育而得，2016年12月首次开花。花朵深粉红色，泛紫色调，冷凉天气花色可变为深红色，花瓣中上部略显白色隐斑，玫瑰重瓣型至完全重瓣型，小型花，花径6.0～7.0 cm，花瓣25～30枚，呈4轮以上有序排列，花瓣倒卵形，硬挺，先端深凹，开花稠密。叶片中等绿色，光亮，革质，小椭圆型，长5.0～5.5 cm，宽2.8～3.5 cm，主脉明显，叶齿浅钝。植株紧凑，立性，生长旺盛。花期12月至翌年1月份。