Margarida Rosa

Margarida Rosa (C. hybrid), European Reg. No 181. First published in International Camellia Journal, 2022, No. 54, p.43. Originated and introduced by Rodrigo Paulo Leitão, at Viveiro das Camélias, of Penafiel, Portugal. Seedling of C. 'Dr. Louis Polizzi' (ICR-4243) by unknown pollen in 2000, first flowering in 2009. Plant: growth habit upright, growth rate rapid; blooming in Portugal from November to April. Flower: small 8 x 4,3 cm, anemone form to loose informal double, light pink; heart composed of pale pink petaloid mixed with few gold-yellow stamens and light-yellow filaments, outer petals cordate, some elliptical, smooth, or notched. Blooms fall whole when spent. Leaf: medium 7,4 x 3,3 cm, elliptic, acute apex, serrate margin, re-curved and acute to obtuse base, green. Other data: named after Rodrigo Leitão´s great-grandmother. Colour plate in Garrido and Assunção, 2017, Como Cuidar das Minhas Camélias, p 93.

玛格丽达（Camellia ‘Margarida Rosa’），欧洲登录号181。首次发表于《国际山茶会志》2022年第54期第43页。葡萄牙的罗德里戈·保罗·莱唐在佩纳菲尔山茶花苗圃培育。2000年从波利齐博士'Dr. Louis Polizzi'（ICR-4243）的机遇实生苗中选育，2009年首次开花。植株：生长习性直立，生长速度快；11月至4月在葡萄牙盛开。花：小型，花径7.9厘米，花高4.3厘米，托桂型，浅粉色；中心由淡粉红色的花瓣组成，混合着少量金黄色的雄蕊和浅黄色的花丝，外花瓣心形，有些椭圆形，全缘或有凹缺。花朵凋萎时会整个掉落。叶：中等大小，长7.4厘米，宽3.3厘米，椭圆形，先端渐尖至尾尖，边缘锯齿状，基部反折，锐尖至钝，绿色。名称由来：以莱唐的曾祖母命名。彩色图片见Garrido and Assunção, 2017, Como Cuidar das Minhas Camélias, p93.。