聽種茶花的花農說世上的茶花有千百種，什麼顏色都有，什麼純種的、變種的、單瓣的、重瓣的，不計其數。它們唯一共通的特徵就是「美」。這是一個很有氣質的花農說的，說茶花裡有花神長駐，它們是一種有靈性的花。

本畫我們畫單瓣茶花。中間的蕊柱就是它的特色，呈圓柱形，是茶花最重要的表徵。畫的上方我們加一圓滿月，使稍遠的花在月光下顯得朦朧，所謂「月朦朧、鳥朦朧」，也即是「秋中花月夜」吧。

Camellia（茶花）

I've heard a camellia grower say that there are more than a thousand varieties of camellia in the world. There are all kinds of colors; some are purebred, some are mutants, some have a single petal, and some have multiple petals. There are a nearly countless number of types. The only common characteristic of these camellias is their beauty. The erudite camellia grower says that a flower god dwells within them. The camellia is thus considered to have a kind of intelligence.
This painting depicts a single-petal camellia. The biggest identifying characteristic of camellias is their cyiindrical columns. Adding a full moon to the upper part of the painting makes the slightly distant flower appear blurry in the moonlight; this gives the painting a poetic feel and evokes "moon and flowers on a fall night."＠

茶花（彩墨）（局部放大圖）