I just discovered this web territory about 3 min ago. I am always interested in Camellia species. Is your plant producing pink flowers? It is hard to get real color from a picture. Mine is bright orange red. One species may have different flower color.

Yes, they are red. It seems the color is hard to capture with a CCD type digital camera..it super saturates.

I have a hybrid, C. chekiangoleosa X Wildfire. It has bright red color but the petals are not symmetrical. This seedling was produced 8 years ago.

In recent two years, I have been working on this species again and produced many seedlings.

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There are over 200 Camellia species. An International Camellia Species Garden is located in the city of Jinhua, Zhejiang Province, China. I have the list.

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For drawing from Flora of China ("Petals 6-8, roseate or rarely white, broadly obovate, 4-6 ÃÂ 3-4.5 cm, apex emarginate")...

Here is a link that might be useful: Illustration: Camellia chekiangoleosa