Fuji-no-yuki (Higo)

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Id：ICR-5716

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1912

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia 'Fuji-no-yuki (Higo)'

Species/Combination：Higo

Chinese Name：肥后富士雪

Japanese Name：肥後富士の雪ひごふじのゆき

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Hakutsuru’ Old name for Fuji-no-yuki (Higo)

Description

» English Description

Taniguchi, 1912, Kaika’en Chinka Kyōkan: A white Higo form camellia, 8-9 cm across, 6 petals, a little incurved, 110-150 stamens, white filaments with pale yellow anthers, some small, spatulate petaloids. Flowers mid-season. Leaves obovate-elliptic, thick, deep green. Its old name was ‘Hakutsuru’, but in 1961 the Higo Society of Japan approved the change to Fuji-no-yuki. Synonyms: ‘Higo-fuji-no-yuki’, ‘Fuji-no-yuki-Higo’. Sport: Kikarako. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. For colour photos & description see pl.26, p.13, Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan and p.132 & 244, Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, also Hiratsuka, 1964, Higo Camellia, p.9 & 11 in English.

» Japanese Description

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.367.　　肥後産　「花」純白色、雄しべは短い。一重、6弁、3月中旬。「葉」中形の長楕円形、葉質が厚い。「来歴」1961年肥後椿協会により母樹を審議して認定した。　選出者：下嶽宇太郎　　文/栗屋

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