Robiraki

JCS., 1981, Tsubaki, No.20, pp.6-12: Very soft pink miniature, single cupped form. A hybrid from the cross C.rusticana x C.sinensis var. sinensis. Very early to mid-season blooming. Yokoyama and Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.134, colour photo & description: Small size, pink, fading a little at the base, single with 5 crin­kled, irregular petals and a central burst of short stamens with yellow anthers. Leaves ovate to obovate, strong green, apices acute, recurved, margins sharply serrate. Originated in Tochio City, Niigata Prefecture, Japan. Collected by Masaharu Kabuto, named and released by Hideyo Katō in 1980. Different reading ‘Rohiraki’. Named by Katō, Hidyo.

朱國棟、蔡燦玉，2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》，p.228. Robiraki 炉开き（Opening of Tea Ceremony)。（C. hybrid)山茶杂交种。1981，日本新满县。C. rusticana (雪茶）x C. sinensis (茶）。1980年，加藤英世命名发表。单瓣、平开形、淡桃~桃色、花底颜色稍淡、花瓣5枚、茶芯、极小轮、花期10~2月、树性直立、浓密、长势强。 炉开一蔡福贵,2005,世界茶花专辑,p.96. No.227.图189.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.134.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.286.     日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.278. 新潟產. [花]淡桃～桃色、一重、平開咲き、茶しベ、極小輪、9～4月。[葉]長楕円、小形。[樹]叢生、強い、枝は密生。[来歴]ユキツバキとチヤの自然雑種、栃尾市の民家ょり甲政治が採集、1980年加藤英世の命名.発表。写/高野、文/萩屋