Masa'oka

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias in Japan, pl.275, p.139, description, p.174: Leaves elliptic, apex acute, venation flat or little impressed, 5.6-7.5 cm, long x 3-4.1 cm. wide; petioles 6-8 mm. long, glabrous. Flowers peony form, dark red (Cardinal red 822) petals incurved and slightly wavy. Normal petals 11-25, petaloids 3-17, variously shaped, anthers yellow, filaments pale pink. Late blooming. Originated in Ishikawa Prefecture, Japan. ‘Masa’oka’ is the name of an heroine in a Kabuki drama.