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Year Published/Registered1960

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

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Scientific Name:Camellia 'Shōwa-no-hikari'

Chinese Name:昭和之光

Japanese Name:昭和の光 しょうわのひかり

Meaning:Light of Showa

Synonym

Shohwa-no-hikari  Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, p.211.Different reading for Shōwa-no-hikari.

Showa-no-hikara  Camellia Forest Nursery Catalogue, 1990, p.3. RHS, Anthony Huxley ed. 1992, Dictionary of Gardening, No.1, p.483. Corrupton of the Japanese name: Shōwa-no-hikari.

Syōwa-no-hikari  Hiratsuka, 1964, Higo Camellia.Different reading for Shōwa-no-hikari.

Yamato-nishiki Rose  McIlhenny 1937, 600 Varieties of Camellia, p.6. Synonym for Shōwa-no-hikari.

Zhaohe Rongguang  Gao & Zhuang, 1989, The Camellia in China, p.74, No.546. Chinese synonym for the Japanese C.hiemalis Shōwa-no-hikari. Synonym later amended to ‘Zhaohe Zhi Guang’.

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Description

» English Description

Adachi, 1960, Camellia. Its Appeciation and Artistic Arrangement, p.53, colour photo, p.73, description: Sport of Yamato-nishiki. Flowers light pink, striped pink, sometimes irregularly variegated white on edges of petals, 8 cm across, 6 petals. Stamens full, spreading, slightly pinkish white. Leaves medium size, ovate to ovoid, often with yellowish white variegation. Originated in Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan. See: Hiratsuka, 1964, Higo Camellia, pp.18, 34 & back p.13; Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.153; Macoboy, 1981, The Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.140. Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, pp.74, 221. Different readings: ‘Shohwa-no-hikari’, ‘Syōwa-no­hikari’. Synonym: Shinnippon. Chinese synonym: ‘Zhaohe Ronguang’, later amended to ‘Zhaohe Zhi Guang’.

» Chinese Description

昭和之光,しょうわのひかり'Shōwa-no-hikari'Higo),陈丽惠2013年《山茶花谱台湾情》第173页,【花】:淡粉、红條紋斑與白覆輪,梅蕊、單瓣、大輪、早~中生。【葉】卵狀橢圓、中型。立性、強健。肥後日本錦枝變,1961年吉村名花園的銘鑑記載。

朱國棟、蔡燦玉,2011. 《台灣茶花族譜》,p.244. Showa-no-hikari 昭和の光(Light of Showa)。(Higo)肥后茶。1960,日本熊本县。Ymato-nishiki(曰本锦)的枝变种。单瓣、碟形、淡粉红底、红纵纹白覆轮、梅蕊、大轮、花期2~3月, 树性直立、长势强。昭和之光一杨绍溥,1978,台湾茶花,p.84, No.8.

» Japanese Description

講談社 1975年 《現代椿集》 P.313. 保育社 .1974. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 .211.  文化出版局. 1975. 《現代椿名鑑》. P.231. 淡交社.1989. 《日本の椿花》..271.   ガーデンラィフ編集部. 1980. 《原色日本の椿写真集千椿集》. 誠文堂新光社. 写/p.74、文/p.221.  誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.p.131.  日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.251. 熊本產. [花]淡桃色地に淡紅色の縦絞り、白覆輪、一重、平開咲き、梅芯、大輪、3~4月。[葉]卵状楕円、中形。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]日本錦の枝変り、1960年に肥後つばき協会により認定。写/桐野、文/松本

Flower

Flower Size10-13 cm

Blooming Season3-4 Month Japan

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