Camellia japonica 'The Czar'

Flowers about 12–14 cm wide, semi-double, crimson with 3–4 rows of strongly veined petals that bend back to display the cylinder of stamens at least 5 cm long. A mostly sterile triploid cultivar raised by Neil Breslin, East Camberwell, Victoria, Australia, the original plant being removed to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne where it remains today. Int c. 1913.
kingdom Plantae
phylum   Tracheophyta
class    Magnoliopsida
superorder     Asteranae
order      Ericales
family       Theaceae
genus        Camellia L.
species         Camellia japonica L.