Sandy, I will relate to you what the 'International Camellia Register' says. Chubu Tsubaki Kyokai, 1964. "Tsubaki Meikan; Tuyama, 1966, 'Camellia Cultivars of Japan, NO. 74, p. 128 Upright with lax branches. Leaves narrowly elliptic, pale green, thin texture, veins impressed petrioles glabrous. Flowers, pure white, petals narrow, 20 or more, a little plicated along the middle and arcuated outward from the mikkle. Petals tend to fall as flower ages. Late flowering Synonym: 'Gotentsubaki' which was the local name in Nagoya, meaning palace camellia, and which was prohibited from being taken outside the castle.

Thanks Florence - it sounds as though I have a rare find!

Some of the info from the register is a little like reading a medical textbook, but I got the gist of most of it. It'll be interesting to watch this bush grow.

Sandy