Star of India

ACRS., 1971, Camellia News, No.43, p.36, Reg. No.152: originated by F.S. Tuckfield, Berwick, Victoria, Australia from a seedling of ‘Crimson Robe’ (Dataohong) that first flowered 1968 when 4 years old. An upright grower, it bears flowers 11 cm across of Oriental red, HCC.819/3, with fluted, hose-in-hose petals and a pronounced trifid stigma and few stamens for a semi-double form. The 12.5 cm x 5.5 cm olive-green leaves are elliptic with fine serrations.