Kōgyoku (japonica)

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.400, p.162, description, p.256: Large, semi-double, red variegated with white blotched with 18-20 large, emarginate petals, inner semi-erect and crinkled; irregular stamen cluster. Leaves mid-green, lanceolate, apices short acuminate, recurved, margins shallowly serrulate. See: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, pp.51, 213. Originated in Matsu’e City, Shimane Prefecture, Japan. Named and released by Tomohisa Arikawa in 1973. This camellia has a different character for “kō”, meaning rainbow.

保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.214.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.88.　日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》.  p.157. 島根產. [花]紅色地に白斑が入る、八重、はじめは宝珠咲き、後に散りしべが出る。小～中輪、3～4月。[葉]楕円、中形、外曲。[樹]横張り性。[来歴]松江市郊外の民家の栽培種から選抜、1973年に有川智久の命名.発表。写.文/佐藤