Wakō

Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.II, 1978, pl.353, p.145, description, p.249: Small size, 5 petalled single, opening saucer shaped, with long, oval, white petals with rare pink stripes and cleft apices. Leaves, medium size, mid-green, long-elliptic, twisted, recurved, apex acuminate, margins serrate. Originated in the Yatsuo-chō, Toyama Prefecture, Japan. Parentage unknown, named and released by Minoru Takeuchi in 1980s. For further colour photo see: Seibundō Shinkōsha, 1980, Senchinshū, p.164, and Yokoyama & Kirino, 1989, Nihon no Chinka, p.257.

淡交社.1989年. 《日本の椿花》.ｐ.257.     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.164.    誠文堂新光社.1998.《日本ツバキ.サザンカ名鑑》.ｐ.287. 【花】濃紅色の一重、細長い肉厚弁、筒咲き、筒しベ、中輪、 1〜4月。【葉】楕円、中形、やや平坦。【樹】立性、強い。 【来歴】広島県内の野生ヤブツバキの選抜種。1976年に広中 文雄の命名•発表。写•文/笹井。