(Snow, Moon and Flowers), (C.sasanqua), Ashizawa, 1898, Chabaika Taishû; Saitama

Engei & Co. Catalogue, 1911, p.7: A peculiar, large white double. See the following colour

photos: Encyclopedia of Camellias in Colour, vol.I, 1972, pl.516; Macoboy, 1981, The

Colour Dictionary of Camellias, p.177; Tuyama ed., 1979, Ishii’s Selected Japanese

Camellias, pl.117, (35): Large, pure white, semi-double of 8-12 incurved petals. Leaves deep

green, a little weeping. Upright, fast grower. Early flowering. Hertrich, 1959, Camellias in the

Huntington Gardens, vol.III, p.329, photo, p.326, description: Flower single, white with

occasional tinge of Rhodamine pink 527/1 at apices, deepening on reverse, up to 10 cm broad.

Petals 7-9, heavily undulate, variable in shape, firm, apices double notched, heavily crimped,

light yellow anthers, greenish-white filaments. Leaves oblong-elliptic, medium to dark,

semi-glossy green, 5-7 cm long x 2-3 cm wide, margins serrate-crenate, apices tapering.

Originated in Japan by Jisuke Minagawa. Synonyms: ‘Fluted White’, ‘Wavy White’, ‘Elegant

Friends’. Different readings: ‘Setsugekwa’, ‘Setsugekkwa’, ‘Setsugetsuka’, ‘Setsugetsekwa’,

‘Setsu Gekka’.

FOGLIA:  medio grande, tondeggiante, convessa, dentata. Fioritura in medio mperiodo.

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