FFF130 - 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. Of economic importance in the Indian subcontinent and Asia, leaves of C. sinensis are processed to create the popular beverage, tea. The ornamental Camellia japonica, Camellia oleifera and Camellia sasanqua and their hybrids are represented in cultivation by a large number of cultivars.

The flower below is a Camellia japonica 'Covina' variety. This is a sun tolerant camellia with an upright, spreading habit. Its medium semi-double blooms are reddish pink and appear in the winter to spring season.

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1.	Nick, Melbourne	13.	Randi, Sweden	25.	Vilt og vakkert	37.	LeMaPi's Blog
2.	NixPixMix	14.	Rajesh	26.	Synnöve	38.	Jim, Sydney, Australia
3.	My Desktop Daily	15.	Trini Garden	27.	Simone, Germany	39.	Al, Holland
4.	Maboe	16.	Jesh StG	28.	a spirit of simplicity	40.	The Rosegarden in Malevik
5.	rosa wunderland	17.	WoollyMuses	29.	Rhododendron & Rosemary	41.	Ingmarie We/Refugium
6.	Tom The Backroads Traveller	18.	Sara Chapman in Seattle USA	30.	Simfonia florilor	42.	Zauberpalme
7.	Gunilla	19.	Sara Chapman #2	31.	Eva	43.	Arun,Jaipur,India
8.	Marit`s	20.	Sara Chapman #3	32.	Mitchell Park Domes	44.	Pinks and Lilies - promises of God
9.	NatureFootstep Photo	21.	June @ Inspired By	33.	Dawn	45.	Summer Sizzler - 4. Cosmos Sulphureus
10.	Aletta - Nowathome	22.	Ranu	34.	HoodPhoto OR-USA
11.	Ileana	23.	Frauke * Germany	35.	Scene by Minerva
12.	BirgittaB	24.	Tina	36.	_emily_rose

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