Tankai

Andoh, 1971, Tsubaki, Meika no Shōkai to Saibai, p.210: Large, pink; peony form with 2 rows of large outer petals and a confused centre of folded, erect, irregular, small petals, petaloids and rare stamens. Leaves mid-green, elliptic, apex acuminate, margins sharply serrate. Blooms mid-season. Originated in Kagawa Prefec­ture, Japan. See colour photo, pl.421, p.169, Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978 and ibid, 1972, vol.I, p.367; Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1979, Senchinshū, p.228. Nippon Tsubaki - Sasanqua Meikan, 1998, p.162 with colour photo; English translation p.111. A chance seedling of ‘Okitsu-tsubaki’, named and released by Saneichi Koyama in 1971.

講談社　1975年　《現代椿集》 P.367.　　保育社 .1974年. 《つばき》安藤芳顕著 ｐ.210.　誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.162. 日本ツバキ協会. 2010. 《最新日本ツバキ図鑑》. p.122. 香川產. [花]桃色、牡丹咲き、肉厚、大輪、1～3月。[葉]楕円、中形、やや反曲。[樹]立性、強い。[来歴]興津椿の自然実生、1971年に小山実一の命名.発表、伝説の藤原淡海公にちなんで命名。写/地下、文/今雪史