‘Gekkeikan’

Name:

‘Gekkeikan’

Kanji:

月桂冠

Seed parent:

Kyokkonishiki x Yomei

Pollen parent:

Kikoshi x Seidai

Flower size:

large

Primary flower colour:

white

Secondary flower colour:

purplish red

Type:

satsuki

Year registered:

1959

A delicate variety that is sensitive to over-fertilization but offered impressive sword-shaped flowers when it was released. In terms of flower display varieties, it was superseded by other varieties.

Links:

Azalea Society of America Database

Satsuki Library

Image credit:

Toshinoha Shobo

Hereditary Tree

‘Gekkeikan’
Kyokkonishiki x Yomei				Kikoshi x Seidai
‘Kyokkonishiki’		‘Yomei’		‘Kikoshi’		‘Seidai’
		‘Gobinishiki’

Offspring:
‘Biho’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Kozan’
‘Shunsui’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Kami-no-Yamakirin’
‘Asuka’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Shunsui’
‘Gekkokan’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Kozan’
‘Seishun’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Kami-no-Yamakirin’
‘Taikan’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Meikyo’
‘Bihokan’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Kozan’
‘Miyabihime’, cross: ‘Gekkeikan’ x ‘Shunsui’
‘Ai-no-Hikari’, cross: ‘Meikyo’ x ‘Gekkeikan’
‘Nasuno’, cross: ‘Juko’ x ‘Gekkeikan’
‘Heisei-no-Hana’, cross: ‘Juko’ x ‘Gekkeikan’
‘Ohirayama’, cross: ‘Reiko’ x ‘Gekkeikan’
‘Sayaka’, cross: ‘Suisen’ x ‘Gekkeikan’