Shangzhi Baoliandeng

Shangzhi Baoliandeng (C. japonica 'Jinpan Lizhi' X C. handelii). China Regn. #2020-311. China Flowers & Horticulture, 2020, No.12, p.57. This cultivar was bred and registered by Zhang Yali, Feng Shucheng, Li Xiangpeng, etc. in Shanghai Botanical Garden. A hybrid of C.japonica 'Jinpan Lizhi' X C. handelii in March 2011. Flowering for the first time in February 2019. Bracts  arranged in tile-like shape, ovate, green. Flowers slightly purplish pink (RHS 69A-D), semi-double, miniature to small, diameter 5.5-7cm. Petals 20-25, medium thickness with slightly concave apex, entire margin, obovate. Stamens, tube-shaped, basally connected, tubular, about 1.0cm long with a few petalized anthers. Ovary glabrous, style about 3.0cm long, stigma 3.  Tender buds are green or yellow-green. Leaves green or dark green, shiny, medium in texture, 6.0～7.0cm long, 2.0～3.0cm wide, elliptical, leaf margin serrated, base round or wide cuneate, leaf tip pointed. Petiole green and slightly red, 0.5～1.0cm long. Plant shrub-like, half-open; growing vigorously. Terminal buds solitary; tender branches reddish brown. Leaves medium dense, nearly pinnately arranged, upward oblique, medium thickness, medium texture, and the leaf flower buds terminal and axillary. The flowering period is mid to late, and the flowering period in Shanghai is from February to April

上植宝莲灯 Camellia 'Shangzhi Baoliandeng' 中国茶花登录号：2020-311。《中国花卉园艺》2020年第12期57页。本品种由上海植物园张亚利、奉树成、李湘鹏等培育并登录，系2011年3月以红山茶（C.japonica）品种‘金盘荔枝’为母本，以岳麓连蕊茶（C. handelii）为父本，杂交而得。2019年2月首次开花。苞片覆瓦状排列，卵形，绿色，略被紫红色，花朵粉红色（RHS 69A-D)，半重瓣型，微型至小型花，花径5.5～7cm，花瓣20～25枚，花瓣中等厚度，顶端微凹，边缘全缘，倒卵形，雄蕊少，筒型，基部连生，呈管状，长约1.0cm，少量花药瓣化，子房无毛，花柱长约3.0cm，柱头浅3裂。单，开花稠密。嫩芽绿色或黄绿色，叶片绿色或深绿色，具光泽，质地中等，长6.0～7.0cm，宽度2.0～3.0cm，椭圆形，叶缘细齿状，叶基圆形或宽楔形，叶尖长尾尖，叶柄绿色略备红色，长0.5～1.0cm。植株灌木状，半开张；生长旺盛。顶芽单生；嫩枝红褐色。叶稠密程度中等，近羽状排列，上斜，叶厚度中，质地中，叶片花芽顶生和腋生。花期中至晚，上海地区花期2～4月。