Miki-no-kuchi

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.5, p.3, description, p.85: An intermediate snow camellia found in the wild in Kanazawa City, Japan. Leaves, shiny, deep green shaded olive, oblong-elliptic to narrowly-elliptic, cuspidate, flat, minutely serru­late, impressed venation, 5.2-8 cm long x 2.9-4.3 cm wide. Petioles hairy, 7-10 mm long. Petals 5-­6, broadly-ovate, about 4.3 cm x 3.6 cm. Flowers, pure white or slightly tinged creamy yellow, slightly bilobate. Stamens 3.8-4.5 cm long, filaments creamy yellow. Flowers mid-season. The name refers to the funnel shaped sacred paper inserted into the mouth of the sake bottle when presenting it to the god in Shintoism, alluding to the colour and shape of the funnel.