Hototogisu

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’.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.321.　保育社 .1974年. 《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年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.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