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		<title>An article in The Camellia Journal about the convention of American Camellia Society</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 03:14:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I contributed some photo pictures to The Camellia Journal, a quarterly publications of the American Camellia Society (ACS). I made those pictures during the March ACS convention in Foster City, California. You can see one of the pictures published in the last issue of the magazine &#8211; a picture with the group of ACS attendies. [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="right" style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" share_url="http://sazanka.org/2009/08/20/camellia-journal-acs-2009/"></a></div><p><a href="http://sazanka.org/periodicals/the_camellia_journal/2009_06_07/large/the_camellia_journal_2009_06_07_1.jpg"><img border=0 align=right hspace=10 vspace=10 src="http://sazanka.org/periodicals/the_camellia_journal/2009_06_07/small/the_camellia_journal_2009_06_07_1.jpg"></a>I contributed some photo pictures to The Camellia Journal, a quarterly publications of <a href="http://www.camellias-acs.com/">the American Camellia Society (ACS)</a>. I made those pictures during the March ACS convention in Foster City, California. You can see one of the pictures published in the last issue of the magazine &#8211; a picture with the group of ACS attendies. I included both the cover of the magazine and the article about the convention below. You can see my other posts about the convention here: </p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/08/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart_s_garden/">Part 1. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_modesto">Part 2. Gallo Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_group">Part 3. Group pictures and the first reception.</a></p>
<p>All pictures are clickable:</p>
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		<title>A new book about camellias is published in China</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 06:14:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new book about camellias is published in China. It is written by Shen Yinchun 沈荫椿, a Chinese American living in the San Francisco Bay Area. I (Yuri Panchul) contributed more than 30 photo pictures to this great publication. The preface is written by Barbara Tuffy, a recent president of the American Camellia Society. American [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="right" style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" share_url="http://sazanka.org/2009/06/14/shen_yinchun/"></a></div><p>A new book about camellias is published in China. It is written by Shen Yinchun 沈荫椿, a Chinese American living in the San Francisco Bay Area. I (Yuri Panchul) contributed more than 30 photo pictures to this great publication. The preface is written by Barbara Tuffy, a recent president of the American Camellia Society. American camellia people usually call Shen Yinchun &#8220;Y.C. Shen&#8221; or simply &#8220;Y.C.&#8221;</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_6.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_6.jpg"></a><br />
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<a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_7.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_7.jpg"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_2.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_2.jpg"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_3.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_3.jpg"></a></p>
<p>This picture shows me, my younger son and Mr. Shen in University of California at Berkeley Botanical Garden, near the Asian section of the garden.</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_5-2.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_5-2.jpg"></a></p>
<p>My daughter with this book:</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_10-2.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_10-2.jpg"></a></p>
<p>Another Chinese book about camellias has a picture of young Y.C. Shen with his father Shen Yuanru 沈渊如. This picture was taken back in 1967, one year before both of them were arrested by Chinese Communists during Mao&#8217;s &#8220;Cultural Revolution&#8221;:</p>
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<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/large/y_c_shen_8.jpg"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/books/y_c_shen/medium/y_c_shen_8.jpg"></a></p>
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		<title>American Camellia Society &#8211; 2009 Annual Meeting. Part 3. Group pictures and the first reception.</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:20:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continued from Part 1 and Part 2. Back in March 19-21 I attended the annual meeting of the American Camellia Society. This year it was in Foster City near San Francisco. You can also read about the event on the website of the American Camellia Society. At the end of the conference I made two [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="right" style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" share_url="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_group/"></a></div><p>Continued from <a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/08/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart_s_garden/">Part 1</a> and <a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_modesto/">Part 2</a>.</p>
<p>Back in March 19-21 I attended the annual meeting of the American Camellia Society. This year it was in Foster City near San Francisco. You can also read about the event on the <a href="http://www.camellias-acs.com/display.aspx?catid=7,229,240">website of the American Camellia Society.</a></p>
<p>At the end of the conference I made two group photos. You can click to enlarge:</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_group/large/acs_2009_group_1.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_group/medium/acs_2009_group_1.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_group/large/acs_2009_group_2.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_group/medium/acs_2009_group_2.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>I also made <a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_groupacs_2009_group/">many photo pictures of the conference attendees during the first reception on March 19</a>:</p>
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<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/alma_buffkin_bob_logan.jpg" /></p>
<p>Alma Buffkin (North Carolina) and Bob Logan (California)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/matt_hunter_pat_gregory.jpg" /></p>
<p>Matt Hunter (North Carolina) and  Pat Gregory (California)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/roger_vinson.jpg" /></p>
<p>Roger Vinson, Florida</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/deane_hall.jpg" /></p>
<p>Deane Hall, Colorado</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/tod_gregory.jpg" /></p>
<p>Tod Gregory, California</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/richard_buggeln.jpg" /></p>
<p>Richard Buggeln, North Carolina</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/garland_bayley_2.jpg" /></p>
<p>Garland Bayley, Oregon</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/patti_perkins_larry_barlow.jpg" /></p>
<p>Patti Perkins (Mississippi) and Larry Barlow (Virginia)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/ann_walton.jpg" /></p>
<p>Ann Walton, Georgia</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/brenda_beach.jpg" /></p>
<p>Brenda Beach (South Carolina)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/william_bennett.jpg" /></p>
<p>William Bennett, Florida</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/garland_bayley.jpg" /></p>
<p>Garland Bayley, Oregon</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/grace_bayley.jpg" /></p>
<p>Grace Bayley, Oregon</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/celeste_richard_patrick_andrews.jpg" /></p>
<p>Celeste Richard (Georgia) and Patrick Andrews (Florida)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/jim_dickson.jpg" /></p>
<p>Jim Dickson, South Carolina</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/john_newsome.jpg" /></p>
<p>John Newsome, Georgia</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/ellen_vinson.jpg" /></p>
<p>Ellen Vinson, Florida</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/carolyn_dickson.jpg" /></p>
<p>Carolyn Dickson, South Carolina</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/dickson_newsome_vinson.jpg" /></p>
<p>Carolyn and Jim Dickson (South Carolina), John Newsome (Georgia), Ellen Vinson (Florida)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/bob_weidman_2.jpg" /></p>
<p>Bob Weidman, Florida</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/lynn_king.jpg" /></p>
<p>Lynn King, California</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/brad_king.jpg" /></p>
<p>Brad King, California</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/nancy_mefford.jpg" /></p>
<p>Nancy Mefford, California</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/miles_beach.jpg" /></p>
<p>Miles Beach, South Carolina</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/miles_beach_patrick_andrews_brad_king.jpg" /></p>
<p>Miles Beach (South Carolina), Patrick Andrews (Florida) and Brad King (California)</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/lynn_king_nancy_mefford_steve_mefford.jpg" /></p>
<p>Lynn King, Nancy Mefford and Steve Mefford, all from California</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/bob_weidman.jpg" /></p>
<p>Bob Weidman, Florida</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash/content/bin/images/large/brenda_beach_garland_bayley_patti_perkins.jpg" /></p>
<p>Brenda Beach (South Carolina), Garland Bayley (Oregon) and Patti Perkins (Mississippi)</p>
<p>Slide show with all photo pictures &#8211; <a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception">with Flash-player</a> and <a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_first_reception/no_flash">without Flash-player</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/08/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart_s_garden/">Part 1. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_modesto">Part 2. Gallo Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_group">Part 3. Group pictures and the first reception.</a></p>
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		<title>American Camellia Society &#8211; 2009 Annual Meeting. Part 1. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s Camellia Garden.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 04:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back in March 19-21 I attended the annual meeting of the American Camellia Society. This year it was in Foster City near San Francisco. During the first day we went to the garden of Robert and Linda Ehrhart in Walnut Creek, California. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s garden is one of the largest private collections in the United [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="right" style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" share_url="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/08/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart_s_garden/"></a></div><p>Back in March 19-21 I attended the annual meeting of the American Camellia Society. This year it was in Foster City near San Francisco. During the first day we went to the garden of Robert and Linda Ehrhart in Walnut Creek, California. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s garden is one of the largest private collections in the United States. It has several thousand large plants growing mostly in containers. Bob&#8217;s website is <a href="http://www.camelliagrower.com">www.camelliagrower.com</a>. You can also read about Bob Ehrhart on the <a href="http://www.americancamellias.org/display.aspx?catid=7,229,240&#038;pageid=896">website of the American Camellia Society.</a></p>
<p>My photo pictures of the event:</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-121.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-125.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-118.jpg"></p>
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<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-101.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-103.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-127.jpg"></p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-139.jpg"></p>
<p>Seedlings:</p>
<p><img src="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/medium/bob_ehrhart_s_garden-106.jpg"></p>
<p>Slide show with all photo pictures &#8211; <a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart">with Flash-player</a> and <a href="http://sazanka.org/events/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart/no_flash">without Flash-player</a>.</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/08/acs_2009_bob_ehrhart_s_garden/">Part 1. Bob Ehrhart&#8217;s Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_modesto">Part 2. Gallo Camellia Garden.</a><br />
<a href="http://sazanka.org/2009/04/10/acs_2009_group">Part 3. Group pictures and the first reception.</a></p>
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		<title>John Wang &#8211; a camellia hybridizer living in San Francisco Bay Area</title>
		<link>http://sazanka.org/2009/02/28/john-wang/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2009 06:34:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On January 25, 2009 I visited a well known camellia hybridizer John Wang, a Chinese American living in San Francisco Bay Area. John Wang places camellias inside the house to hand pollinate them. Room temperature increases the chance of success and no insects can interfere. John does not believe in open pollination of camellias &#8211; [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<div align="right" style="float: right; padding: 0px 0px 5px 5px;"><a name="fb_share" type="box_count" share_url="http://sazanka.org/2009/02/28/john-wang/"></a></div><p>On January 25, 2009 I visited a well known camellia hybridizer John Wang, a Chinese American living in San Francisco Bay Area.</p>
<p>John Wang places camellias inside the house to hand pollinate them. Room temperature increases the chance of success and no insects can interfere. John does not believe in open pollination of camellias &#8211; he chooses parents very carefully because he cannot afford to plant thousands of chance seedlings like for example Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries does:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311344390/" title="John Wang places camellias inside the house to hand pollinate them by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3494/3311344390_d88a8141a4.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="John Wang places camellias inside the house to hand pollinate them" /></a></p>
<p>This camellia hybrid, created by John Wang, is a seedling of Tama-no-ura:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311351048/" title="A camellia hybrid created by John Wang by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3499/3311351048_dda629f7cc.jpg" width="500" height="378" alt="A camellia hybrid created by John Wang" /></a></p>
<p>Another seedling from John Wang has a rare yellow tint:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311351506/" title="A camellia hybrid, created by John Wang, has a rare yellow tint by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3350/3311351506_134dc02256.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="A camellia hybrid, created by John Wang, has a rare yellow tint" /></a></p>
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John grows most of his camellias in plastic containers. He constructed an elaborate shading structure using PVC pipes and shade cloth:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311345936/" title="A path in John Wang's camellia garden by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3439/3311345936_351f94e0e2.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="A path in John Wang's camellia garden" /></a></p>
<p>John uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings. Under room temperature, high humidity and the absence of wind, the seedlings germinate and grow very fast:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311347054/" title="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3410/3311347054_e2ee859626.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311347710/" title="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3591/3311347710_353d890413.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3310518431/" title="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3446/3310518431_84ff153993.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="John Wang uses fish tanks to grow camellia seedlings" /></a></p>
<p>John quickly grafts all his seedlings. This significantly reduces time needed to evaluate the seedlings. Without grafting a seedling typically starts to bloom after 4-6 years, sometimes 15 years or more. Grafted seedling may start to bloom in a couple of years.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3310526499/" title="John Wang quickly grafts all his seedlings by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3626/3310526499_a432b2b672.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="John Wang quickly grafts all his seedlings" /></a></p>
<p>A small-leaved Camellia species from the garden of John Wang. Neither John nor I can recognize this species. I suspect it is related to C. lutchuensis or even possible C. sinensis. Anybody has any idea?</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3310527115/" title="A small-leaved Camellia species from the garden of John Wang by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3624/3310527115_3cc6259cf3.jpg" width="500" height="500" alt="A small-leaved Camellia species from the garden of John Wang" /></a></p>
<p>More pictures:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311355150/" title="John Wang, a well known camellia hybridizer by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3400/3311355150_e466126af9.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="John Wang, a well known camellia hybridizer" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311354138/" title="John Wang, a well known camellia hybridizer by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3557/3311354138_764d4dbb33.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="John Wang, a well known camellia hybridizer" /></a></p>
<p>An unidentified red camellia from the garden of John Wang:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311349478/" title="An unidentified red camellia from the garden of John Wang by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3581/3311349478_998fb5a502.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="An unidentified red camellia from the garden of John Wang" /></a></p>
<p>An unidentified camellia from the garden of John Wang:</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3310522915/" title="An unidentified camellia from the garden of John Wang by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3369/3310522915_ffa65fb340.jpg" width="468" height="500" alt="An unidentified camellia from the garden of John Wang" /></a></p>
<p>Wild Camellia yuhsienensis Hu (攸县油茶) from the garden of John Wang.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/panchul/3311352364/" title="Wild Camellia yuhsienensis Hu (攸县油茶) from the garden of John Wang by panchul, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3397/3311352364_5887d53f36.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Wild Camellia yuhsienensis Hu (攸县油茶) from the garden of John Wang" /></a></p>
<p>See also an article about Camellia hybridization written by John Wang: <a href="http://www.jhnews.com.cn/gb/content/2003-03/02/content_158713.htm">http://www.jhnews.com.cn/gb/content/2003-03/02/content_158713.htm</a></p>
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		<title>Found an interesting article about a Japanese-American nurseryman Toichi Domoto</title>
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		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Toichi Domoto A Japanese-American nurseryman&#8217;s life in California: floriculture and family, 1883-1992 With Introductions by Julius Nuccio and Ernest Wertheim Interviews Conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1992 The Bancroft LibraryUniversity of California, Berkeley http://tinyurl.com/4ohuw6 Copy at http://sazanka.org/pages/toichi_domoto This sasanqua cultivar, &#8216;Dwarf Shishi&#8217;, was originated by Toichi Domoto in 1988: It is excellent for bonsai. [...]]]></description>
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<h2>Toichi Domoto</h2>
<p>A Japanese-American nurseryman&#8217;s life in California: floriculture and family, 1883-1992</p>
<p><i>With Introductions by Julius Nuccio and Ernest Wertheim</i><br />
<i>Interviews Conducted by Suzanne B. Riess in 1992</i></p>
<p><small>The Bancroft Library<br />University of California, Berkeley</small></p>
<p><a href="http://tinyurl.com/4ohuw6">http://tinyurl.com/4ohuw6</a><br />
Copy at <a href="http://sazanka.org/pages/toichi_domoto">http://sazanka.org/pages/toichi_domoto</a></p>
<p>This sasanqua cultivar, &#8216;Dwarf Shishi&#8217;, was originated by Toichi Domoto in 1988:</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/dwarf_shishi_2.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/dwarf_shishi_2.jpg" /></a></p>
<p>It is excellent for bonsai.</p>
<p>Also I found a very likely photo pictures of Toichi Domoto (need to check with Tom Nuccio) on <a href="http://tinyurl.com/4795g8">http://tinyurl.com/4795g8</a>. I am almost sure this is the same one (born 1902, high school in East Bay):</p>
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<a href="http://sazanka.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/toichi_domoto_1.jpg"><img src="http://sazanka.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/toichi_domoto_1.jpg" alt="" title="Toichi Domoto" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-62" /></a></p>
<p>Another mention (click to enlarge):</p>
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<p>This is probably his sister (click to enlarge):</p>
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		<title>Happy blooming New Year!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 02:26:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Yuri Panchul</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today the newspaper San Francisco Chronicle published my photo picture of the Camellia hybrid &#8216;Yuletide&#8217;. The photo appeared in as an illustration to an article written by Demetra Bowles Lathrop. The name of the article is &#8220;Happy blooming New Year! Camellias, hellebores, winter hazel can brighten desolate Bay Area gardens&#8221; and it appeared in the [...]]]></description>
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<p>Today the newspaper San Francisco Chronicle published my photo picture of the Camellia hybrid &#8216;Yuletide&#8217;. The photo appeared in as an illustration to an article written by Demetra Bowles Lathrop. The name of the article is &#8220;Happy blooming New Year! Camellias, hellebores, winter hazel can brighten desolate Bay Area gardens&#8221; and it appeared in the gardening section.</p>
<p>You can get the article from the newspaper&#8217;s website: <a href="http://tinyurl.com/6clpca">http://tinyurl.com/6clpca</a></p>
<p>Сегодня, 10-го января, газета Сан-Франциско Кроникл напечатала мою фотографии камелии &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217;. Фотография иллюстрирует статью журналистки Деми Латроп про растения, цветущие в области Сан-Францисского залива во время Нового Года.</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/yuletide_1.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/yuletide_1.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><small><b>Yuletide</b>. C. x vernalis. Originated by Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of &#8216;Hiryu&#8217;.</small><br />
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Немного про камелию &#8220;Юлетайд&#8221;. Слово &#8220;Юлетайд&#8221; означает &#8220;Святки&#8221;, а точнее период длинной в 12 дней с католического Рождества до 6-го января (в русском православном христианстве с 7-го по 19-е января). Иногда его используют как синоним слова &#8220;Рождество&#8221;, но на самом деле оно произошло от названия языческого праздника &#8220;Юл&#8221; (Yule), который праздновали германские и скандинавские племена перед приходом христианства. По-видимому, слово &#8220;Юл&#8221; происходит от старо-норвежского &#8220;Hjól&#8221;, &#8220;колесо&#8221;, и символизирует время года, когда дни снова начинают удлинятся.</p>
<p>Камелия &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217; цветет в период святок, поэтому некоторые цветочные магазины даже продают деревца камелии &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217;, подстриженные конусом как рождественские елки. Ярко-красные цветы на деревце похожи на елочные игрушки.</p>
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<p><small><b>Yuletide</b>. C. x vernalis. Originated by Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of &#8216;Hiryu&#8217;.</small></p>
<p>Но это не все, чем интересна камелия &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217;. Обычно в России под словом &#8220;камелия&#8221; подразумевают камелии японские (Camellia japonica) формально-махрового типа, как например камелия &#8216;Desire&#8217; (что означает &#8220;желание&#8221;). Но в роду Camellia существует более 200 видов и десятки тысяч сортов камелий, которые выглядят по другому. Например самим японцам более нравятся камелии Хиго (сорта, созданные самураями клана Кумамото), которые имеют простую немахровую форму и обилие тычинок.</p>
<p>Камелия &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217; по эстетике подобна камелиям Хиго, а биологически относится не к камелиям японским (Camellia japonica), а к гибридам камелии горной (Camellia sasanqua). Эти виды камелий имеют даже разные иероглифы: камелия японская называется &#8220;тсубаки&#8221; 椿, а камелия горная называется &#8220;сазанка&#8221;, 山茶花. В слове &#8220;сазанка&#8221; иероглифы означают &#8220;гора&#8221;, &#8220;чай&#8221; и &#8220;цветок&#8221;.</p>
<p>Иероглиф &#8220;чай&#8221; употреблен неспроста, так как чайное дерево тоже является камелией (научное название чая &#8211; камелия китайская, Camellia sinensis). А из плодов камелии масляной &#8211; Camellia oleifera, близкого родственника камелии горной, получают высококачественное &#8220;чайное  масло&#8221; (&#8220;tea oil&#8221;), которое в южном Китае используется вместо подсолнечного.</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/yuletide_3.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/yuletide_3.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><small><b>Yuletide</b>. C. x vernalis. Originated by Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of &#8216;Hiryu&#8217;.</small></p>
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<p><small><b>Yuletide</b>. C. x vernalis. Originated by Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of &#8216;Hiryu&#8217;.</small></p>
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<p><small><b>Yuletide</b>. C. x vernalis. Originated by Nuccio&#8217;s Nurseries, California in 1963. A seedling of &#8216;Hiryu&#8217;.</small></p>
<p>Уникальность камелии &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217; заключается в том, что это единственная сазанка, обладающая истинно-красным цветом. Дикая сазанка &#8211; это просто цветок белого цвета, а культурные сазанки варьируются от белых до розовых и темно-розовых. Я разговаривал с Томом Нуччио (Tom Nuccio) из семьи Нуччио, которые вывели этот сорт. О <a href="http://sazanka.org/wordpress/breeders/nuccio">питомнике семьи Нуччио</a> можно прочитать в моей статье в журнале &#8220;Цветоводство&#8221; в номере за ноябрь-декабрь 2006-го года. Том сказал, что &#8216;Юлетайд&#8217; &#8211; это случайный сеянец камелии &#8216;Хирью&#8217; (Hiryu) (снимок снизу), и что они не знают, какая камелия была мужским родителем, т.е. источником пыльцы. Вполне возможно, что это сложный межвидовый гибрид (в питомнике Нуччио растут и довольно экзотические дикие виды) или вообще естественная мутация (см. мою статью про мутантную камелию Тама-Но-Ура <a href="http://panchul.livejournal.com/1468.html">&#8220;Радиоактивный мутант из Нагасаки?&#8221;</a>).</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/hiryu_1.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/hiryu_1.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><small><b>Hiryu</b>. C. x vernalis. Introduced in Nakayama, Japan in 1847. Originated from Kansai, spread to many places. In Australia it is called &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; (the real &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; is different). A parent of &#8216;Yuletide&#8217;.</small></p>
<p>Да и с происхождением самой родительской камелии &#8216;Хирью&#8217; тоже не все понятно. Раньше ее даже относили к отдельному виду &#8211; не Camellia sasanqua, а Camellia vernalis. Сейчас считается, что Camellia vernalis &#8211; это очень древние японские гибриды сазанки и тсубаки, т.е. камелии японской и камелии горной. Об этом говорит как то, что у дикой камелии горной просто отсутствует красно-розовый пигмент антоцианин, так и аномальное число хромосом у камелий группы vernalis, которые сейчас обозначаются Camellia x vernalis, чтобы подтвердить их гибридное происхождение.</p>
<p>Все это вызывает большое количество вопросов, так как в естественном состоянии С. japonica и C. sasanqua почти не скрещиваются, цветут в разное время, обладают разным количеством хромосом (30 и 90). По некоторым источникам, &#8216;Хирью&#8217; &#8211; вообще триплоид (45 хромосом). Может древние японcкие самураи изобрели колхицин (сильный яд растительного происхождения, использующися для искуственной полиплоидии)?</p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/hiryu_2.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/hiryu_2.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><small><b>Hiryu</b>. C. x vernalis. Introduced in Nakayama, Japan in 1847. Originated from Kansai, spread to many places. In Australia it is called &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; (the real &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; is different). A parent of &#8216;Yuletide&#8217;.</small></p>
<p><a href="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/desc/hiryu_3.htm"><img border=0 src="http://sazanka.org/cultivars/medium/hiryu_3.jpg" /></a></p>
<p><small><b>Hiryu</b>. C. x vernalis. Introduced in Nakayama, Japan in 1847. Originated from Kansai, spread to many places. In Australia it is called &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; (the real &#8216;Kanjiro&#8217; is different). A parent of &#8216;Yuletide&#8217;.</small></p>
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