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Id：ICR-19707
Country：Australia
Year Published/Registered：1969
Cultivar Type：For Ornamental
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Scientific Name：Camellia reticulata 'Tranquillity'
Species/Combination：C. reticulata
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ACRS., 1969, Camellia News, No.36, p.15, Reg. No.112: Originated by H.A. Pederson, Collaroy Plateau, NSW, Australia from seed of Damanao supplied by Miss P. Kirkpatrick, Gordon, NSW. It first bloomed 1968. The plant has a vigorous, erect, open habit of growth. The 12.5 cm across flowers are Tyrian rose (RHS.CC.24/1-/2), semi-double to incomplete double with large, fluted and waved petals. Blooms mid-season. The 10.5 cm long x 4.5 cm wide leaves are ovate with a short acuminate apex. Named the day of the first manned landing on the moon at the Sea of Tranquillity.
