Camelia Dewatairin by durleybeachbum

Photography • Flowers/Plants • posted on Jan 11, 2015

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Description

One of my favourite camelias and a strong grower. It is a HIgo type, the flowers of the Samurai. This variety was first bred in 1695, one of the oldest known. It fell from favour in Japan because of its habit of replacing its 110 stamens with petaloids, but this won it the RHS Award of Merit here in 1953.

Comments (22)

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kgb224

4:24AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Superb capture Andrea. God bless.

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Faemike55

4:46AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Lovely bloom Andrea!

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jayfar

4:47AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

A beautiful camellia and one I've not heard of - lovely shot.

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SunriseGirl

4:58AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Thanks for sharing your knowledge and the beautiful photo. :)

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Juliette.Gribnau

5:15AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

gorgeous

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neoexcello

7:34AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

So beautiful.

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Adobe_One_Kenobi

8:44AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Resplendent with droplets, nice!

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pauldeleu

10:17AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

A very beautiful shot.

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photosynthesis

10:44AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Wonderful postwork that deserves a zoom for full effect...

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X-PaX

11:21AM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Beautiful capture Andrea.

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wysiwig

12:24PM | Sun, 11 January 2015

Domo Arigato, Andrea-san. One of the classic (or perhaps clichéd) scenes in Japanese cinema is that of the tragic lovers in the snow. The young samurai is usually holding a camellia just before death overtakes them. After he dies the flower falls onto the snow covered ground signifying the death of youth. I always wondered what that flower was. Gorgeous color on this beautiful example and pin sharp.

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