Mai-rōgetsu

Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, pp.376, 377, colour photo and description: Large size, light pink with densely peppered and streaked red, open peony form with a centre of golden stamens. Blooms mid-season. Leaves dark green, elliptic apices acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in the Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. A seedling of Rōgetsu x Maifubuki. Note: This camellia was named after its parents, giving a translation of ‘Dancing December’. Originated and named by Yoshihiko Mishima, released by Nobuo Sasai in 1982.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.376.　  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.245. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.203. 兵庫產. [花]淡桃色地に濃紅色の大小絞り、牡丹咲き、割りしべ、大輪、1～3月。[葉]やや長楕円、中形。[樹]やや立性。[来歴]臘月の自然実生、作出.命名は三島義彦、1982年に笹井延夫の発表。写.文/笹井