Tuesday 21 May 2013

CAMELLIA

Camellia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae. They are found in eastern and southern Asia, from the Himalayas east to Japan and Indonesia. There are 100–250 described species, with some controversy over the exact number. The genus was named by Linnaeus after the Jesuit botanist Georg Joseph Kamel, who worked in the Philippines, though he never described a camellia

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.

8 comments:

  1. Camellias are wondrous flowers, especially the red ones!

    Ruby Stained Glass

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  2. Beautiful flower, camellia,nicely photographed.

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  3. so pretty and quite an interesting study; A happy Tuesday to you

    much love...

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  4. Striking photo of this lovely flower!

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  5. Nicely captured, good detail.

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  6. They're gorgeous. We have a camellia at the Botanic Garden indoors.

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  7. Camellias are so beautiful. Wish I could grow them here.

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  8. the seem to come in many shapes and colors. Love the rich red in this. .)

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