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Hakurenge Believed Extinct

Last Updated:2019/4/10 9:11:17 By:wangzhonglang
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Id:ICR-6764

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1695

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Hakurenge'

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Japanese Name

Meaning

Synonym

Hakurengyoku  (White Lotus Jewel), Tsubaki Hachiboku Sanbokutsuki Meisai, (before 1868). White with 4 rows of petals. Large flower. Originated in Japan. Synonym for Hakurenge.

Hakurenka  Watanabe, 1960, Kyōto Engei Kurabu, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.45, p.53 as ‘Hakurenkwa’.Different reading for Hakurenge.

Shirorenge  Itō, Ihei, 1695, Kadan Chikinshō #70; Okumura, (ca.1810), Chinka Hin’i; Iwasaki, 1829, Honzō Zufu; Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969: Kyōto Engei Kurabu, 1970, Tsubaki Tokushū, No.10, p.161.Different reading for Hakurenge.

Description

» English Description

Itō, Ihei, 1695, Kadan Chikinshō; Itō, Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamaki’e; Iwasaki, 1829, Honzō Zufu as a small flower; Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō, vol.306; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki; Chinka Zufu, (before 1700), Watanabe, 1969, pl.79 as ‘Haku-renge’: A large size, white semi-double to rose form double with pointed petals. Originated in Japan. Different readings: ‘Hakurenkwa’, ‘Hakurenga’. Synonym: ‘Hakurengyoku’. Note: All descriptions except Iwasaki’s are similar.. (Believed extinct.)

Flower

Flower Size

Blooming Season Japan

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