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OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this site is to promote the dissemination, especially in Portugal, of the camellia flower and its tree, the japoneira in portuguese. Facilitate communication between the lovers of camellia, personalities, institutions and owners of gardens, plantations, business of gardens and tourism. In addition to knowledge of the activities around the world
, in particular of our neighbours and brothers Galicians. With our interest in and camellia gardens, maybe we demand, often not aware of something that already exists, is close and humanity itself has always been to flee, even from the Garden of Eden - NATURE. That the camell ia a way to bring more people and open the minds for the preservation of nature, in these times that it has been so badly by man, although we can not live without it.
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Responsibility
When I appreciate a garden of camellias, despite the immense joy that gives me, reminds me of a beautiful living cage of plants, that have been displaced from its natural environment. "It will be suffering for having been taken of their land for sites as far away?. Whoever comes, will have the sufficient capacity to accommodate and to feel as if they were at home?. Studies, participates with the others, seeks to achieve that? |
Brief history and places in Portugal.
Japoneira is the name we give to the camellia tree. At the time of the Portuguese discoveries were the first Westerners to have contact and trade relations with Japan, starting in 1570 (by the port of Nagasaki) and are exclusive to 1638. then occurs the expulsion of missionaries and that country was closed to all for 2 centuries. For these reasons the camellia has been brought from Japan to Europe already this season. Portugal and Japan use the word "tea", also used in Cantonese (mean catch). The European countries usually give the name from "te", the Malay word drink, in English is tea, tea in Spanish- tea, French -th . We know that the dowry for marriage of Catherine of Braganza ( daughter of King John IV) with the King Charles II of England in the year of 1661, was a tea chest (besides the cities of Bombay and Tangier), starting the habit of drinking tea. Only in 1735, with the Swedish naturalist Carl von Lineu, in his Species Plantarum, the plant was christened with the name of camellia, in honor of the Jesuit Georg Kamel, who was missionary in the Philippines. In the 18th and 19th century, camellia gardens have been given greater importance in Europe and was the English who most contributed to its dissemination. Portugal followed the fashion. Thus, were introduced many varieties of camels imported from Italy, England and other countries, by Van Zeller, Marques Loureiro, the Villar of Allen, Jacinto de Matos and others, which created a lot of Portuguese varieties and magnificent gardens with camels. In the 20th century continued Moreira da Silva, Jos Gil Ferreira and Veiga in collaboration with the Galicians Ordizola, Aran and the English Miss Tait, Rigall and Gibson. Today the people of the north, especially of Porto, Santo Tirso, Celorico de Basto and Azores (where the only tea plantations in Europe) have had with their exhibits, the flame of camellia. In any garden of Northern there are at least a camellia. From Viana do Castelo, Ponte de Lima, Braga, Terras de Basto, Porto, Vila Real, Viseu, Sintra to the south in Algarve( Sierra of Monchique). |
Organizations and Countries
There is an international society which brings together the fans around the world - the International Camlia Society (ICS). In Europe there are organizations in several countries as Spain, England, Italy, Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. In the U.S. there are many societies, the most important is the American Camellia Society. There are also in Australia, New Zealand and Japan.Today in Southeast Asia, where we see the most part of the native species, especially in China and Vietnam, there is also a large growth of interest in the camellia, and has even been the discovery of new species |
Camellia in gardens.
Scientifically camellia belong to the genus Camellia Camlia, the family Theaceae, order Ericales, class Magnoliopsida, division Magnoliophyta and kingdom Plantae. The best known specie of camellia and that has more varieties is Japonica. There is also reticulata with a leaf clearer and more pointed and wavy petals, the small-flowered sasanqua perfumed, the sinensis (from the camellia tea) and the hybrid, that joins two species. "Today is produced new species and varieties, some from existing in nature. It have a great capacity for change, variety of colors, size and flowering. Is a ornamental specie most frequently used by lovers of gardens |
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