Gao Caiyun

A chance seedling No.1 from C. japonica cultivar ‘Bill Quattlebaum’. Flowers light pink white, fading to white at the centre, single form, medium. Leaves green, margins sharply serrate. Plant compact, upright and growth vigorous. Blooms from late-autumn to the spring of following year. As the name 'Caiyun' had been used in a cultivar of Camellia reticulata, this is a dulicate name, then change the name to 'Gao Caiyun'.

高继银、刘信凯、赵强民，2016. 《四季茶花杂交新品种彩色图集》, p.547. 红山茶品种‘夸特’的机遇实生苗No.1。花朵淡粉白色，渐向花芯变白色，单瓣型，中型花，花径8.5～9.7cm，花瓣6～7枚，近圆形，长4.7cm，宽4.5cm，薄质，边缘皱褶，雄蕊基部连生，花丝白色，花药褐黄色。叶片绿色，椭圆形，长8.1cm，宽4.0cm，边缘齿尖。植株紧凑，立性，生长旺盛。秋末至翌年春季开花。