Haku-otome

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Id：ICR-6757

Country：Japan

Year Published/Registered：1859

Cultivar Type：For Ornamental

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Scientific Name：Camellia japonica 'Haku-otome'

Species/Combination：C. japonica

Chinese Name：

Japanese Name：白乙女はくおとめ

Meaning：White Maiden

Synonym：

Bleichroeder White SCCS, 1950, The Camellia. Its Culture and Nomenclature. Synonym for Hakuotome.

Hakuo SCCS., 1946, Camellias, p.13. Abbreviation for Haku-otome.

Otomeshiro Saitama Engei, 1920-1921.Different reading for ‘Shiro-otome’(Haku-otome).

Shira-otome Vanderbilt, 1941, Camellia Research, II, p.7.Different reading for ‘Shiro-otome’ (Haku-otome).

Shire Otome Humble, 1963, Gardeners’ Chronicle, p.373. Corruption of Japanese name ‘Shirootome’ (Haku-otome).

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Description

» English Description

Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: White, medium size. New variety. Itō, Ko’emon, 1879, Chinkashū in the section on formal doubles: White, medium. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.44, p.82; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.60, p.30, description, p.103: Leaves elliptic to oblong-elliptic, a little folded along the midrib, veinlets impressed, petioles hairy. Petals deciduous. Flowers mid-season to late. Formal double with no stamens. Originated in Kantō District, Japan. See colour photos: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.386; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, 1972, vol.I, pl.408, p.171; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.386. Synonyms: ‘Virgin White’, ‘Shiro-otome’, ‘White Bleichroeder’, ‘Bleichroeder White’, ‘White Otome’, ‘Mrs Helen Reynolds’. Sports: Somekawa, Sumizome. Corruption of name: ‘Kurozome’. Resembles: ‘Shiragiku’, ‘Furansujiro’, ‘Hasumi-jiro’. Different reading: ‘Shiro-otome’. Abbreviation ‘Hakuo’.

» Japanese Description

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.352.　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著ｐ.216.　文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.182　　淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.386. 誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.192. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.43. 江戸產. [花]白、千重、初めは宝珠咲き、中輪、4～5月。[葉]楕円、中形。[樹]立性。[来歴]染川の枝変り、1859年に「椿伊呂波名寄色附」に載る、暗紅紫色になったものを墨染という。写/桐野、文/編集委員会

Flower

Flower Form：Rose / Standard

Flower Colour：Single color Flower / Deep red

Flower Size： 8-10 cm

Blooming Season： Japan

Flower Fragrance：

Photos

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