Nicky Crisp

New Zealand Camellia Bulletin, 1979, Vol.XI, No.3, p.20, Reg. No. 143: A hybrid raised by Mrs A.B. Durrant, Rotorua, New Zealand from a cross C.pitardii var. pitardii x C.japonica, which first flowered 1972. The plant is compact, slow growing with dark green leaves, 8.5 cm x 3.5 cm., keeled and finely serrate. The flowers are an open semi-dou­ble, 11 cm across x 3.5 cm deep with 16 petals with deeply notched margins, cream filaments, gold anthers, which remain after the flower has fallen. The flower is pale lavender pink (RHS.CC. Red-Purple Group, 62C-D with 62B on reverse). Flowers early to late. Chinese syn­onym: ‘Kelisibo’. As in Bradford King's paper “Spotlight: Camellia Hybrid Nick Crisp", published in The Camellia Journal, 2011, September-November, Vol.66, No.3, p.2:" named for her grandson, Nicky Crisp, and not for the flowers’ crisp quality".

高继银、苏玉华、胡羡聪，2007. 《国内外茶花名种识别与欣赏》，���305页。新西兰A.B.Durrant女士培育，系西南红山茶（C.pitardii)与红山茶之间的杂交种。花淡粉红色，花心小花瓣偶现白色，半重瓣型，大型花（10~13cm），花瓣16枚，倒卵圆形，排列松散，瓣面有细脉纹，花心有少量短雄蕊和小花瓣，花朵稠密。叶片浓绿色，椭圆形，叶齿细，植株紧凑，生长缓慢。花期早至晚。

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.197. 1979，新西兰Rotorua，Mrs A.B. Durrant培育选出。C. pitardii var. pitardii(西南山茶)x C. japonica(红山茶)。初花1972年。半重瓣、平开、淡紫红、大轮(11 x 3.5cm)、花瓣约16枚、先端深凹缺、花期12~3月、树性浓密、生长缓慢。Nicky Crisp (克里斯波)一高继银，1998,世界名贵茶花，p.145, No.3. Nicky Crisp (小蛾嵋)一茶花林目录，1992-2006, p.18/28, No.311. Nicky Crisp (尼凯)一沈荫椿，2009,山茶，p.154.