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Acer
palmatum
ICNCP Name: 'Orihime'
Formerly 'Ori hime'
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) establishes the rules and regulations for proper naming of plants. When different, the cultivar database displays the correct(ed) ICNCP name, rather than its previous cultivar name.
Japanese Maple Classification:
Hardiness Zone (for guidance only):
5 to 9
織姫, Orihime, means "The Weaving Princess", the protaganist of the Japanese folktale Tanabata (七夕). Orihime is a celestial weaver who falls in love with the Coweherd Star Hikoboshi. Though tragically separated by the Milky Way, they have an annual reunion on the 7th dat of the 7th month. See Tanabata for more on the Festival. (ED)
Date of Origin if known:
1973
Origin if known:
Nakajima
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