Sónia & Rodrigo

Sónia & Rodrigo (C. japonica), European Reg. No 178.  First published in International Camellia Journal, 2022, No. 54, p.41. Originated and introduced by Rodrigo Paulo Leitão, at Viveiro das Camélias, Penafiel, Portugal. The cultivar won a Prize for Best Camellia of Portuguese origin at the International Camellia Festival of Celorico de Basto, Portugal, in 2019. Seedling of C. japonica. ‘Nuccio's Pearl’ in 2002, first flowering in 2010. Plant: growth habit upright, slow growth rate; blooming season from February to May. Flower: medium, formal double, imbricated; blush white centre of acuminate petals, outer petals round, notched, occasionally wavy, toned deeper pink diffuse towards the base. Floriferous. Leaf: small 5 x 2 cm, elliptic, acuminate apex, light green with irregular light-yellow variegation. Other data: named after Rodrigo Leitão, and his wife, Sónia Costa.

索尼娅和罗德里戈（Camellia japonica ‘Sónia & Rodrigo’），欧洲登录号178。首次发表于《国际山茶会志》2022年第54期第41页。葡萄牙的罗德里戈·保罗·莱唐在佩纳菲尔山茶花苗圃培育。该品种于2019年在葡萄牙塞洛里科德巴斯托国际山茶花节上获得了葡萄牙原产地最佳山茶花奖。2002年从牛西奥珍珠'Nuccio's Pearl'的实生苗中选育，2010年首次开花。植株：生长习性直立，生长速度慢；花期2-5月。花：中等大小，完全重瓣型，覆瓦状；花瓣中心呈腮白色，外花瓣圆形，先端凹缺，偶有波浪形，向基部颜色加深呈深粉红色。有香味。叶：中等大小，长5.0厘米，宽2.0厘米，椭圆形，先端尖，浅绿色，带有不规则的浅黄色纹，在中脉和叶边缘浅黄色条纹更清晰。名称由来：以罗德里戈·莱唐和他的妻子索尼亚·科斯塔的名字命名。