Kubiki-no-sato

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.373, p.190, colour photo, p.200, description: Leaves olive green. elliptic to broad elliptic-lanceolate, apices long acuminate, glossy, manifestly serrate at the margins, 6.-7.3 cm long x 2.8-3.6 cm wide. Flowers complete formal double, pale pink, densely striped with deep rose (Currant red 821/3). Petals 44-54, diminishing in size to the centre. Late flowering. Originated in the Niigata Prefecture, Japan.