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Maiden's Blush

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CountryJapan

Year Published/Registered1933

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia sasanqua 'Maiden's Blush'

Chinese Name:淡妆夫人

Japanese Name

Meaning

Synonym

Maiden Blush  Sawada, Overlook Nurseries Catalogue, 1951-1952. Orthographic variant for the sasanqua Maiden’s Blush.

淡妆夫人  茶花林目录,1992-2006, p. 16/28, No.1405.

Description

» English Description

Sawada, Overlook Nursery Catalogue, 1933. A small size, blush pink, single, 5.5 cm across with 5 fluted petals, spreading, slender stamens with yellow anthers. Leaves mid-green, narrow-elliptic, 5 cm. long x 2 cm. wide. An old Japanese variety imported by Sawada, Alabama, about 1909. See colour photo, Sharp, 1957, Camellias Illustrated, p.89.

» Chinese Description

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》,p.170.

Maiden's Blush淡妆夫人(C. sasanqua)茶梅。1933Overlook种苗园。这是一个古老的日本茶梅品种,约1909年,阿拉巴马州的Sawada先生将它引种到美国。单瓣、淡粉色、花瓣5枚、瓣端凹缺、小轮(5.5cm)、柱状蕊、黄色雄蕊。花名:少女的脸红。

Maiden's Blush (淡妆夫人)一茶花林目录,1992-2006, p. 16/28, No.1405.

Flower

Flower Size5.5-6 cm

Blooming Season Japan

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