Hō'ō

from Hukaya, Saitama Pref.. Published as the front cover of Japan Camellia, No. 82, February 2007: Orchid pink, lotus form semi-double, large, 10 to 12 cm diameter and 5cm in depth, stamens small tubular and sometimes split, blooming in March to April. Tree weeping, vigorous. Leaves lanceolate and twisted. A crossing of C.japonica Hagoromo and C.saluenensis hybrid Tulip Time. First flower seen in 2003. Originated in 1998, and named by Sōshin Hirai.