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Figure 119 'Hoki-zakura', blossom. Photo by Arie Peterse, Wageningen Botanic Gardens of the Agricultural University, Netherlands.
glands. Only the petiole is distinctly pubescent. Stipules barely divided, 712 mm, short. Corymbose inflorescence, with two to four flowers. Peduncles 15 mm long, short, thick. Pedicels 2.02.5 cm long, distinctly pubescent. Flower in bud pink, becoming very light pink, almost white, when completely opened. The color is somehow dull(!). Flower 3.03.5 cm in diameter, fluffy as a powder puff. Petals about thirty, elliptic, pointed at the top, 1315 Ă— 57 mm. There is one pistil, perfect, 1112 mm long; longer than the stamens. The number of stamens is very large. The calyx is funnel-shaped, 8 Ă— 3 mm, glabrous, with a purple tinge; there is a distinct transition from pedicel to calyx. Sepals are triangular, 5 Ă— 3.03.5 mm, with a slight reddish tinge, unserrated. Flowering season is from late April to early May. 'Horinji' Horin-ji * is the name of a temple in , halfway up the hills of Arashiyama, famous for their cherries. "New" cherry forms are often "discovered" in temple compounds, where they were planted long ago as a donation by nameless persons with, apparently, an eye for rare cherries. 'Horinji' originates from a tree on the grounds of this temple, as is reported in many documents from the late seventeenth century on, and reconfirmed by