Wakamusha

Tuyama, 1968, Camellias of Japan, pl.86, p.43, description, p.111: A snow camellia with spreading branches. Leaves oblong-elliptic, apex shortly acuminate, base obtuse, deep, shining green, 5.4-7.3 cm long x 2.3-4 cm wide, petioles green, hairy, 8-­10 mm long. Open, vase-shaped flowers, petals 5-7, largest 6 cm long x 4.7 cm wide, inflexed and emarginate, thin, semi-transluscent, pale pink, deeper at apex and on petal reverse. Sta­mens 4 cm high, spreading to 2.6 cm diameter, filaments pale yellow with a touch of orange. Flowers early. From seed collected at Yatsuomachi, Toyama Prefecture, Japan.