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Fuji (Higo)

Last Updated:2022/2/21 13:50:26 By:Sueo Takano
1986

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Id:ICR-5694

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1958

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia 'Fuji (Higo)'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:不二 ふじ

Meaning

Description

» English Description

JCS, 1958, Nomenclature List of Higo Camellia Varieties; Adachi, 1960, Camellia. Its Appreciation and Artistic Arrangement, p.56, colour photo: Medium to large size, white with a pink cast at first opening, flat, Higo camellia, 8-10 cm across, 5-6 petals with wavy apices and a burst of 150-200 pale yellow stamens. Leaves, large, wide-oval, sharply serrate, medium green, sometimes with yellowish variegation. Plant habit errect and vigorous. Flower style is some­what triangular in appearance. Blooms mid-season to late. Originated in Japan. See colour plate, p.12, Higo Camellia, 1964 by Hiratsuka with description on p.7 and p.11 in English; and in Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.93, pp.66, 305, description. Also p.58, Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka and Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū. Differ­ent reading: ‘Huji’.

» Chinese Description

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》 p.103. Fuji不二(Peerless)。(Higo)肥后茶。1958,日本熊本县。单瓣、平开形、初开时粉红色调 展开后转为纯白色、花瓣约5~6枚、轮蕊、花丝黄白色、中~大轮(8~10cm)、花期1~3月、 树性直立、长势强。此品种是肥后茶系,白色花的代表品种。不二一杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花,p.83, No.5.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.305. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P204. 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..58. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》 p.234. 熊本. []白、一重、開花初期に微紅色を帯びる、平開咲き、花糸淡黄色、梅芯、大輪、34月。[]広楕円、大形、ときに斑入り。[]立性、強い。[来歴]1958年の肥後つばき協会の品種一覧表に記載がある。 /高橋、文/編集委員会


Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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