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Hototogisu

Last Updated:2025/6/27 4:04:42 By:Armando de Castro Oliveira
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Id:ICR-7877

CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1949

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Hototogisu'

Chinese Name:不如归

Japanese Name:不如帰 ほととぎす

Meaning:Cuchoo

Description

» English Description

Minagawa, 1949, Chinkashū. This is the modern cultivar with this name. Colour photos and descriptions are in: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl. 100, p.170; Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.123, pp.62, 123; Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, pl.89, p.32; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.204, pp.102, 321; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.72; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.138; Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.308. Taking Tuyuma’s description: Leaves elliptical to narrowly elliptic, undulated, venation elevated. Flowers semi-double, pink, (Neyron Rose 623/1) petals many, embracing each other, inclined to recurve at the apex on fully opening, indented at apex. Staminal tube narrow and a little irregular. Believed to be a seedling of Kayoidori. Different reading of characters ‘Funyoki’.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.321. 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.213. 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..308.   日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.108. 埼玉產. [花]桃色、八重、咲き進むと蓮華咲きとなる、筒しべ、散り性、大輪、4月。[葉]長楕円、中形。[樹]立性、よく伸長。[来歴]1949年の皆川「椿花集」に記載。写/桐野、文/編集委員会

Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season4-4 Month Japan

Photos