Camellias and Sasanquas

In a camellia garden…

Daughter: What’s he see in that camellia? He’s been filming that one flower for half an hour.

Mother: It’s a sasanqua. Papa is really hooked on sasanquas. Since retirement he’s gone deeply into flower photography.

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Voice-over

Camellia.

Cha hua or “tea flower” (茶花) in Chinese.

Tsubaki (椿) in Japanese.

Sasanqua (山茶花) in Japanese.

Sasanqua is a species of camellia. Popular in Japan for both propagating and photographing. The flowering season for camellias is winter but for sasanquas it is longer, beginning from fall right through winter.

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