Camellia japonica

This is funny - I show you  a close up of a blossom, and I have the nerve to label is "Camellia japonica."  What's funny about this?  That I sound like I know what I am talking about!  In this case, I haven't been studying flowers - I just read the tag in the greenhouse where this was growing.  I LOVE this photograph!  I love that it is so delicate and that the color and shadows are so subtle.  It is almost like looking at something through a fog.  Please be sure to click on it to see it larger.