Birth flower for November 8
Wabisuke camellia
Meaning: Quiet elegance
Wabisuke camellias carry small cup-shaped flowers that never open fully, and their stamens are reduced and make little or no pollen. That quiet, modest look made them a treasure of the tea ceremony, where a single bloom is placed in the tea room in winter. The name's origin is debated; one story says a man named Wabisuke brought the plant back to Japan in the 1590s.