| Species:  | 
            Reticulata hybrid | 
         
         
            | Color:  | 
            Dark red | 
         
         
            | Form:  | 
            Semidouble | 
         
         
            | Size:  | 
            Very large | 
         
         
            | Bloom Season:  | 
            M-L | 
         
         
            
         
            | Growth Rate:  | 
            Slow | 
         
                           
            | Growth Characteristics:  | 
            Open, upright growth | 
         
                           
            | Leaf Characteristics: | 
            Dark green | 
         
                           
            | Originator: | 
            Frank Pursel | 
         
                           
            | Place of Origination: | 
            U.S. - Oakland, California | 
         
                           
            | Year of Origination / Registration: | 
            1997 - ACS Registration #2417 - first bloomed in 1988 | 
         
                           
            | Heritage: | 
            Cross of Reticulata hybrid 'Arch of Triumph' x a seedling (Reticulata 'Crimson Robe' x C. lutchuensis) | 
         
                                    
            | Photographer: | 
            Randolph Maphis | 
         
                           
            | ICR Link: | 
             http://camellia.iflora.cn/Cutivars/Detail?latin=Pat Pinkerton |