Camellia ×williamsii 'Anticipation'

(C. ×williamsii) Flowers about 10 cm across, informal double with numerous petal-like stamens, red-purple with red overlay. Raised by L.E. Jury, New Plymouth, New Zealand as a seedling of C. japonica × C. saluenensis and first flowered in 1959. Int. c. 1962.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia ×williamsii W.W.Sm.