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Adria · 05-10-2012, 05:30 PM

Thank you all for the answers so far. Still,it isn't a peony, and the leaves are not those of hydrangea...The flower is like a small bouquet (the little flowers forming it are about 1.5 cm in diameter, and the petals are quite thick), and it gives off a very strong and pleasant smell. It isn't woody, and the leaves are not camellia-like either...That is why I really can't find an answer...Well, the leaves smell somehow like geranium leaves. The flowers also have a sugar-like substance on them...

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Originally Posted by Farm1[_4_]

"Marsha" wrote in message
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Looks like a peony

Foliage is not right for a peony.

"Farm1" times wrote in message
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"Stewart Robert Hinsley" wrote in message
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In message , David E. Ross
lid writes
On 10/4/12 5:22 AM, Adria wrote:
Hello. I have had this plant for many years now (from my grandma), and
we always called it Camellia - but I googled for images of camellias I
haven't found any that resemble this one. Is it really that? If not,
could anyone please tell me what it is?Thank you!

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Not all camellias have the classic formal flower, either a plain "formal
double" or a "rose-form double". Some have what are called "anemone
form", which is a disc of petals surrounding an irregular mass of petals
in the center. Others have "peony form", which is a double with an
irregular mass of petals.

It does look like a cluster of camellia flowers instead of a single
flower. However, if your photo is indeed of a single flower, this might
be a species other than C. japonica or C. sasanqua.

Check Camellia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia for the other species.
That site also lists three camellia societies.

Assuming that the leaves in the photographs belong to the same plant as
the flower/s, is there a Camellia with leaves of that shape?

Aha! Someone else who thinks those leaves are wrong for a camellia!!!!