Wanchunhong (reticulata)

Feng et al, 1986, Yunnan Camellias of China, p.89, colour photo and description: Leaves thick, broad-ovate to subrotund, apices acuminate, bases broad-cuneate, margins deeply serrate, 7.5-11 cm long x 4.5-7.5 cm wide. Flowers pink (RHS.CC.57D), small, fully double, regularly arranged. Petals about 30, in pieces. Stamens mostly petaloid. Pistils rudimentary, flattened. Flowering season is late. A new cultivar from seedlings of open pollinated seed by researchers of the Kunming Botanical Garden. Different reading: ‘Wanch’unhung’.

管开云、李纪元、王仲朗主编，2014. 《中国茶花图鉴》, p. 296。

原产地：中国云南中科院昆明植物研究所植物园。

性状描述：花桃红色，玫瑰重瓣型，中型花，花径8~10cm，花瓣28~30枚，宽圆形，4~5轮覆瓦状排列，雄蕊多数瓣化，仅残留少数于花心，雌蕊退化，不结实，花量中等。叶片绿色，宽椭圆形至椭圆状卵圆形，厚质，长7.5~11cm，宽4.5~7.5cm，先端短尖，基部钝圆至宽楔形，叶脉凹陷；植株开张，生长中等。花期：3月上旬至4月中旬。

识别点：本品种花色桃红，玫瑰重瓣型，叶大，椭圆状卵圆形，厚质，叶缘锯齿明显，叶形似“恨天高”，花期3月至4月，为云南山茶中开花较晚的品种。