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Hoshibotan

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Id:ICR-7826

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1739

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Hoshibotan'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:星牡丹 ほしぼたん

Meaning:Star peony

Synonym

Hoshi-iri-botan  (Spotted Peony), Ishii, 1932, Genshoku Engei, Shokubutsu Zufu.Different reading for Hoshibotan.

Description

» English Description

Itō, Jukyū, 1739, Honzō Hanamaki’e, vol.15; Yashiro, 1841, Kokon Yōrankō, vol.311; Kasuya, Kamegorō, 1859, Tsubaki Irohanayose Irotsuki: Rose-pink, spotted white. Large semi-double with 3 rows of petals. Resembles ‘Kahei-tsubaki’. Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.142, p.246: Large, irregular semi-double to peony form, red with white markings. Leaves lanceolate, apex acuminate, margins serrate, mid-green. Late bloom­ing. Flower shape and leaves resemble Mikenjaku. Originated in the Kantō District, Japan. See: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.298 & p.335; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.139, colour photo, p.247 description; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.323. Synonym: ‘Hoshi-iri-botan’.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.334 保育社 .1974《つばき》安藤芳顕著 p.215. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.212. 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..323.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.240. 【花】桃紅地に大小の白斑入り八重 咲き、筒しベ、大輪、4月。【葉】広楕 円、大形。【樹】立性、強い。三倍体。 眉間尺に似るが本種は弁端反曲。【来 歴】1739年の「本草花蒔絵」に記載。 写/桐野、文/編集委員会。

Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season Japan

NO

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