Oku

JCS, 1987, Japan Camellias, No.25, p.10, No.1 Clear, red, single with overlapping petals. Medium to large size, Central sheaf of stamens with protruding stigma. Blooms mid-season. The composition of the pigments of this flower is the same as the red in camellia Yucha (C.semiserrata) from China. Fertile. Selected from wild japonicas in Okayama Prefecture, Japan. Found and named by Seiichirō Sesai, released by Nobuo Sasai in 1978. See: Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.217.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ217     誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.49.　【花】朱紅色の一重、細弁の椀咲き、短い筒しベ、中輪、3〜 4月。【樹】立性、強い。【来歴】岡山県内の野生ヤブツバ キより選抜。発見•命名は笹井清一郎、1978年に笹井延夫の 発表。写•文/笹井