（之前把這有花的郵票給忘記了）
這山茶花畫得滿好看的，六種不同的品種，我買的時候很白癡，原本還以為是牡丹呢！記得以前我家書房外面有一棵茶花樹，每次一開花就開的整樹都是，花一謝就是謝滿地，白色的花瓣都變成咖啡色了，每天還要去清掃，一點也不覺得有多美麗。大概只有那些花錢請人去打掃庭院的才會覺得很詩情畫意吧？
其實很多事情都是這樣，外表看起來很美麗浪漫，事實上真正接觸到的時候，才會發覺他的壞處，別人說有多美多美總是會搖搖頭嘆氣，心裡想：唉～你沒看清楚他的真面目啊！
●郵票簡介原文
Camelias
8 July 1992
It is little wonder that camellias are among the most popular plants to be found in New Zealand gardens. Superb, long-lasting flowers in a profusion of form and colour, from white through to red and every imaginable shade and combination between, are borne on an easily grown, shrub-like evergreen with thick glossy leaves. In addition camellias bloom over a lengthy period in autumn and winter when other flowers are scarce. Some hybrids even flower into summer.
The drabness of New Zealand's late winter garden is often relieved by a brillant burst of camellia colour. Beautiful shades of pink, white, red and occasionally yellow flowers, make a spectacular sight and can signal that the worst of winter is behind us.
Flowers of Camellia japonica, the species from which most of today's ornamental hybirds are descended, arrived in England and Europe from the Orient in the 19th century. As many as 2,000 varieties have been bred from the first Camellia japonica plants. The popularity of the camellia surged again early in the century with the development of hybrids from Camellia sasanqua and Camellia reticulata.
The camellia is a plant of China, Japan, Indo-China, Burma and the Indian province of Assam with up to 100 species in the genus. Camellia sinensis has insignificant flowers but its leaves are of immense importance, because this is the plant we know as tea. The seeds of several species yield oil for use in textile and soap manufacture and, when suitably refined, in cooking. Camellias have held an important place in Japanese culture for centuries as elements in garden design, flower arrangement and in the tea ceremony. They feature widely in Japanese paintings and ceramic art and as the subject of many myths and legends.
Today they are very much a part of the New Zealander's garden, providing attractive foliage even when not in flower.
‧45c Grand Finale:
This exquisite member of the japonica family blooms mid season and features a very large, semi-double white flower with irregular fan-shaped petals fluted at the edges and an attractive spread of crimped golden stamens radiating from the centre. The variety was raised in the United States where it was first registered in 1957.
‧50c Showa No Sakae:
An early blooming camellia distinctive for its bright pink colour. This Japanese species is very similar to the sasanquas.
‧80c Sugar Dream:
An early flowering hybrid, from Camellia reticulata Dream Girl x Camellia oleifera jaune, bred by New Zealand grower, O Blumhardt of Whangarei in 1984. This soft bloom is medium in size and features a cream centre surrounded by pink petals. The plant has open upright growth.
‧$1.00 Night Rider:
This unusual hybrid, from Ruby Bells x Camellia japonica Kuro Tsubaki, is also the product of O Blumhardt of Whangarei in 1985 and features a distinctive black-red semi-double bloom. Its foliage is also distinctive, being a dark reddish colour. The plant has medium upright growth.
‧$1.50 E G Waterhouse:
A medium size formal double in light pink, this Australian species is a spectacular example of a camellia hybrid from Camellia saluenensis x Camellia japonica, registered in 1954. The plant has vigorous upright growth.
‧$1.80 Dr Clifford Parks:
This hybrid from Camellia reticulata Crimson Robe x Camellia japonica Kramer's Supreme, from the United States of America features an extremely large and variable semi-double to peony or anemone form. A vigorous grower, it has a red flower with an orange cast, registered in 1971.
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