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Id：ICR-12501
Country：Japan
Year Published/Registered：1934
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia 'Mihata'
Species/Combination：Higo
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Mahata
Tammia Nursery Catalogue, 1958. Orthographic error for Mihata.
Miahata
Mount Congreve Garden’s Catalogue, 1981. Orthographic error for Mihata.
Mihako
Hazlewood & Jessep, 1972, Checklist - Camellia Cultivars from Nursery Catalogues, p.157. Corruption of the Japanese name Mihata.
Minata.
Mount Congreve Gardens Supplementary List, Jan.1970. Orthographic error for Mihata.
Shuben Hitoe
Fruitland Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949. Corruption of Japanese name ‘Shubeni-hitoe’. Synonym for Mihata.
Shubeni Hotoe
Abbot’s Nursery Catalogue, 1961. Corruption of Japanese’ name ‘Shubeni-hitoe’, synonym for Mihata.
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Shu-beni-hito
Steffek, 1949, Plant Buyer’s Guide, ed.5. Corruption of Japanese name ‘Shubenihitoe’, synonym for the higo Mihata.
Shubeni-hitoe
Overlook Nursery Catalogue, 1948-1949: Large, deep crimson, single to anemone form, 13cm across x 5 cm deep. The anthers modify to small, pinkish white petaloids, crowding the centre to form an anemone type flower. Petals are round, wavy and notched. Stamens have white filaments and pink anthers. Leaves dark green, ovate, 8 cm x 6 cm, flat, apex abrupt acute, bases rounded, margins coarsely serrate. This is a Japanese cultivar that was imported to USA in 1940 by T. Kiyono. It has been found to be a synonym for the higo Mihata. Corrupted names: ‘Shubeni Hotae’, ‘Shu-Beni-Hito’, ‘Shu-beni Hitor’, ‘Shuben Hitose’.
Shu-beni-hitor
Griffiths, 1953, American Camellia Quarterly, 7(3):5-6. Corruption of Japanese name ‘Shubeni-hitoe’, synonym for Mihata.
» English Description
Chūgai Nursery Catalogue, 1934-1935: Large, deep crimson, single to petaloid single, 11.5 cm across x 5 cm deep. Petals are round and about 6 cm in diameter; edge of petals wavy, tip notched; stamens have white filaments and pink anthers. Sometimes anthers change to small flags, making the centre, anemone form. Leaves are dark green, thick, ovate, 8 cm x 6 cm, flat, apex abrupt acute, base rounded, coarsely serrate. Wada, 1935, Hakoneya Nursery Catalogue, p.27: Bright crimson single, beautiful stamens. Synonym: ‘Shubenihitoe’. Originated in japan. Corrupted name: ‘Mihako’.
