Nada-no-hikari

Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.183 with colour photo; English translation p.127. Medium size, deep red, tubular single, cylindrical stamen column. Flowers mid-season to late. Leaves broadly elliptic, medium size, somewhat plicate. Upright, vigorous growth. A beloved camellia left by an enthusiast who lived by Lake Irakao. Propagated and released by Harumi Satō in 1981.

誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.183.  【花】濃紅色の一重、筒咲き、中輪、2〜5 月。【葉】広楕円、中形、やや中折れ。【樹】 立性、強い。【来歴】伊良湖の旧愛好家の 遺品種。1981年に佐藤晴美が増殖•発表。 写•文/佐藤。