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Hōrai-kō

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Id:ICR-7803

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1989

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Hōrai-kō'

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Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.169, colour photo and description: Medium size, red, single with 5 broad, rounded, overlapping petals, opening saucer-shaped, with a central stamen cylinder, with filaments pink at the base to yellow at the top, joined for the lower third, and yellow anthers. Cold hardy with thick petals. Blooms mid-season. Leaves mid-green, narrow-elliptic, apices acute, margins serrate. Originated in Hōrai-gorge, in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.

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