Bobbie Fain Var.
A patented phlox-pink hybrid with fluted petals, crossing C. saluenensis × C. cuspidata with C. japonica 'Charlotte Bradford.'
A complex hybrid originated by James Rare Plant Nursery of Aptos, California, crossing the interspecific hybrid 'Robbie' (C. saluenensis × C. cuspidata) with C. japonica 'Charlotte Bradford.' The large phlox-pink flowers range from semi-double to anemone form with distinctively fluted petals. Granted U.S. Plant Patent 1801, it was featured on the front page of The Camellia Review in 1960. Growth is vigorous, compact, and upright. A variant form is registered as 'FBI.' Listed locally as 'Bobbie Fain Var.' Source: International Camellia Register.