Id:ICR-23639
Country:France
Year Published/Registered:2019
Cultivar Type:For Ornamental
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Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Jean le Bihan'
Species/Combination:C. japonica
Chinese Name:让比昂
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Souvenir de Jean la Bihan ACS Journal, Mars-May 2012
» English Description
Jean le Bihan (C.japonica) European Reg. No. 141. Chance seedling first established in 1986,
with first blooming in 1996. Grown and
named by Fañch Le Moal, of Park ar Brug, Plouisy, Brittany, France. Its name honors the French camellia
collector who wrote the first book in France on camellias, “Pas de Jardin sans
Camellia” (“No Garden without Camellias”) in 1966. The plant has an upright habit, with a medium
growth rate; blooming is early to mid-season.
Buds are oval and green. The
medium-sized flat semi-double blooms, with an average of 20 petals per
flower, are light purplish pink (RHS red-purple group 62C);
the occasional petaloids are the same color as the petals. Blooms fall whole when spent. Stamens are arranced in separate beams;
anthers are yellow, and filaments are white.
Leaves are medium-sized, medium green and elliptical and slightly
twisted. Fruit development is sparse.
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