腾冲红花油茶(Camellia reticulata Lindl f.Simplex Sealy.)又叫红花油茶,红山茶,在花卉观赏方面有其特殊的意义。驰名中外的“云南山茶”就是“腾冲红花油茶”经过长期人工选育出来的。“云南山茶”现有的108个品种中有三四十个,如:“卷瓣蝶翅”、“桃红绣球”、“玉狮子”等名贵新品种就是近年来直接从“腾冲红花油茶”的天然类群中挑选出来的。腾冲红花油茶主要是自然起源,解放前 Camellia reticulata Lindl f.Simplex Sealy. Also known as safflower tea, red camellia, in ornamental flowers has its special significance. Renowned Chinese and foreign “Yunnan camellia” is “Tengchong safflower Camellia” after long-term artificial breeding out. There are thirty or forty existing varieties of “Yunnan camellia”, such as: “butterfly flap butterfly”, “pink hydrangea”, “jade lion” and other valuable new varieties in recent years directly from the “Tengchong safflower oil tea” Of the natural group selected. Tengchong safflower camellia is mainly of natural origin, before liberation