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Kōmyō

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1949

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia japonica 'Kōmyō'

Chinese Name

Japanese Name:光明 こうみょう

Meaning

Synonym

Hikari-akeru  Hertrich, !959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III, p.103.Different reading for Kōmyō.

Kohmyoh  Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, p.214.Different reading for Kōmyō.

Komei  Fendig, 1953, American Camellia Catalogue. Corruption of the Japanese name Kōmyō.

Description

» English Description

Minagawa Catalogue, 1949: Vermilion red, single, largest. For colour photos see: Tuyama, 1966, Camellia Cultivars of Japan, pl.111; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.10, p.42; Satō, 1975, Chūbu no Tsubaki, p.93: Large, vermilion, single of 6-7 petals, large, fluted, flared with irregular, emarginate margins, around a large, spreading sta­men group with a long, exposed pistil. Somewhat Higo-like. Leaves broad-ovate to broad-obo­vate, apices abruptly acute, semi-glossy mid-green, margins crenate-serrulate. Different readings: ‘Kohymoh’, ‘Komei’. See Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the Huntington Gardens, vol.III, p.103. Similar to Kumagai.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.293.    保育社 .1974. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 .214. 文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.108.   講談社. 1975. 《現代椿集》. p.293. 関東. []濃紅色、一重、梅芯咲き、大輪、45月。[]光沢のある大型、丸葉、[]枝は太く、強健 [来歴]1949年の皆川椿花集の「新花の部」に初めて記載された。 文/中村恒


Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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