Nanxiangdan

Nanxiangdan (C. chekiangoleosa). China Regn. #2019-273. China Flowers & Horticulture, 2019, No.10, p.49. Originated and registered by Wang Xiangnan, Chen Yongzhong and Wang Rui of Hunan Academy of Forestry Sciences. Chance seedling of Camellia chekiangoleosa. Fruit collected in 2004, seedling in 2005, planted in the garden in 2007, and bloomed for the first time in 2017. Flower buds ovoid, sepals brownish yellow, about 10, densely covered with gray-white tomentose, margin membranous, persistent. Flowers red, RHS 52A-B, semi-double to peony double, sometimes even rose double, medium-size, diameter 8.5-10.0 cm, 16-30 petals, inverted heart-shaped, apex concave, base nearly cuneate, nearly free, slightly adnate to stamens, petals 5.0-7.0cm long, 3.5-6.0cm wide, stamens irregular, tubular or fasciculate, outer whorls contiguous at the base, 2.5-4.0 cm long , style about 4.0 cm long, slightly higher than stamens, 3-4 lobed or hypoplastic, ovary glabrous. Leaves green, bright, elliptic, 8.0-11.5 cm long, 4.0-5.2 cm wide, 7-8 pairs of lateral veins, smooth and glabrous on both sides, petiole about 1.0 cm long, and branches brown. Plants more open and grow slowly. Flowering March to April.

南湘丹Camellia chekiangoleosa ‘Nanxiangdan’. 中国茶花登录号：2019-273。《中国花卉园艺》2019年第10期49页。由湖南省林业科学院王湘南、陈永忠、王瑞等培育并登录。本品种系从浙江红山茶(Camellia chekiangoleosa)实生苗中发现变异而选育出来的。2004年采果，2005年播种，2007年种植于资源圃，2017年首次观测到首次开花。花蕾卵圆形，萼片棕褐色或棕黄色，约10枚，密被灰白色绒毛，边缘膜质，宿存。花朵红色，比色卡测定为52A-B，半重瓣型至牡丹重瓣，有时甚至出现玫瑰重瓣型，中型花，花径8.5～10.0 cm，花瓣16～30枚，倒心形，先端内凹，基部近楔形，近离生，与雄蕊略贴生，瓣长5.0～7.0cm，宽3.5～6.0cm，雄蕊不规则，筒状或束状，外轮基部连生，长2.5～4.0 cm，花柱长约4.0 cm，略高于雄蕊，3-4裂或发育不全，子房无毛。叶绿色，光亮，革质，椭圆形，长8.0～11.5 cm，宽4.0～5.2 cm，侧脉7～8对，两面光滑无毛，叶柄长约1.0 cm，枝棕色。植株较开张，生长较慢。花期3～4月份。