This genus is famous throughout East Asia; camellias are known as cháhuā (茶花) in Chinese, "tea flower", an apt designation, as tsubaki (椿) in Japanese, as dongbaek-kkot (동백꽃) in Korean and as hoa trà or hoa chè in Vietnamese.The most famous member is certainly the tea plant (C. sinensis). Among the ornamental species, Camellia japonica, Camellia oleifera and Camellia sasanqua are perhaps the most widely known, though most camellias grown for their flowers are cultivars or hybrids.
This post is part of the Nature Footsteps Floral Macros meme,
and also part of the Ruby Tuesday meme.
Camellias are wondrous flowers, especially the red ones!
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Beautiful flower, camellia,nicely photographed.
ReplyDeleteso pretty and quite an interesting study; A happy Tuesday to you
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Striking photo of this lovely flower!
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ReplyDeleteThey're gorgeous. We have a camellia at the Botanic Garden indoors.
ReplyDeleteCamellias are so beautiful. Wish I could grow them here.
ReplyDeletethe seem to come in many shapes and colors. Love the rich red in this. .)
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