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Xuesa Taohua

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Id:ICR-21073

CountryChina

Year Published/Registered1974

Cultivar Type:For Ornamental

AGM Type

Scientific Name:Camellia reticulata 'Xuesa Taohua'

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Hsuehsantaohua  Ikeda, 1976, American Camellia Yearbook, p.140. Orthographic error for ‘Hsuehsat’aohua’;Different reading for Xuesa Taohua.

Hsuehsat'aohua  Feng et al., 1986, Yunnan Camellias of China, p. 166.Different reading for Xuesa Taohua.

Snow Flake on Peach Blossom  Feng et al., 1986, Yunnan Camellias of China, p.166. Synonym for Xuesa Taohua.

Snow Flecked Peach Blossom  Ikeda. 1976, American Camellia Yearbook, p.140. Synonym for Xuesa Taohua.

Description

» English Description

Tsui Wah Garden, 1974, Chungkuo Shantung Moutan, Yunnan Chahua Chanlan. No description. Feng et al., 1986, Yunnan Camellias of China, p.88, colour photo and description: Leaves oblong-ovate, apices acuminate, bases cuneate to broad-cuneate, veins sunken, rugose, 9-12 cm long x 4-5.5 cm wide. Flowers pink (RHS.CC.57D), diameter 13-14 cm. Petals 30-32 in 5-6 whorls, regularly arranged, with white stripes. Stamens numerous, divided into several groups. Pistils rudimentary, flattened. Flow­ers mid-season. This is a new cultivar selected from seedling of Damanao by researchers at the Kunming Botanical Garden. First bloomed 1967. Different readings: ‘Hsuesantaohua’, ‘Hsüeh­sa T’ao-hua’, ‘Hsuehsat’aohua’. Synonym: ‘Snow Flakes on Peach Blossom’.

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