Wirlinga Rosette

ACRS, Camellia News, 1996, No.139, p.10, Reg. No.472. Originated by Thomas J. Savige, Wirlinga, NSW, Australia. A seedling of C.hybrid Tiny Princess, pollen parent unknown. A soft pink (RHS.CC.55D) semi-double bowl shaped flower of 12 petals, 4.5 cm diameter x 3 cm deep. Flowers floriferously mid-season on an average growing erect plant. Leaves dull green, matt, wide-elliptic, acuminate apex, shallow blunt serrations, 5 cm long x 2.5 cm wide. Petals rounded, some emarginated cupped. Filaments scattered and central. A cluster flowering hybrid with flowers a regular bowl shape, and colour fading towards the centre.