Abstract:In order to test the interspecific cross-compatibility,Camellia azalea was selected as parental material to mate with ten species belonging to Sect.Camellia of Camellia Genus,by conducting twenty pairs of hybrid combinations under conventional hybridization method.The results showed that the cross-compatibility and breeding efficiencies were significantly higher when C.azalea was taken as male parental material rather than as female ones.The cross-compatibility was the best when C.polyodonta,C.semiserrata,C.chekiangoleosa were taken as parental materials to cross to C.azalea,with C.edithae,C.villosa,C.reticulata,C.subintegra ranking a medium place and C.crassissima,C.saluenensis ranking an inferior place,while the cross-compatibility between C.mairei and C.azalea was the poorest.