Laifengchun

Laifengchun (C. reticulata). China Regn. #2008-033. China Flowers & Horticulture, 2008, No.14, p.42. Selected from the wild forest in Tenchong County, Yunnan, China, and named by the Camellia Base Administration. Flowers rose form double, peach red, 12-15 cm diameter. Petals 27-32 in 5-6 whorls, outer flexuous, inner slightly incurved, gradually smaller from outer to inner. Some stamens changed to petals, others in several bundles in the centre of the flower. Pistil in flat shape. Leaves elliptic to ovate, 5-10 cm long x 2.5-4 cm wide, apices acuminate and bent downwards, bases obtuse or broad-cuneate. Leaf surface dark green and slightly incurved, margins shallowly serrate. Flowers mid-season.

来凤春 Camellia reticulata‘ Laifengchun’ 中国登录号：2008-033，《中国花卉园艺》2008年第14期42页。由夏丽芳命名，云南省腾冲县林业局茶花基地管理所培育并登录。本品种从腾冲红花油茶林中选育。花为玫瑰重瓣型，桃红色，花瓣27~32片，5~6轮排列，花径12~15厘米，外轮花瓣波状，内轮花瓣微卷曲，从外向内渐小，雄蕊部分瓣化，其余分数组于花心，雌蕊退化为扁平状。叶椭圆形至卵圆形，长5~10厘米，宽2.5~4厘米，先端渐尖并下勾，基部钝圆或宽楔形，叶面深绿色微内曲，叶缘锯齿浅。花期1~3月。识别点：本品种花玫瑰重瓣型，外轮花瓣波状，内轮花瓣微卷曲，从外向内渐小，叶缘锯齿浅。