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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Jan Methorst on February 19, 2011, 02:28:00 PM

Title: Introduction
Post by: Jan Methorst on February 19, 2011, 02:28:00 PM

Hello All,

Please allow me to introduce my self, i am a retired dutchman living in Cornwall.
After many years of growing mainly cycads from seed, i feel like doing something totally different along with these plants.
After a visit to the wonderful pleione site of Paul Cumbleton, my mind was made up, Pleiones it was going to be.
I have in the meantime bought some bulbs and bulbils (several from members) and studied hundreds of postings on this great forum and am ready to start and hopefully, with the help of the members on this forum,make a succes of it.
jan

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Kevin on February 19, 2011, 02:35:17 PM

Welcome and congratulations on chosing Pleione  ;)

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Maggi Young on February 19, 2011, 06:48:31 PM

WElcome Jan, great to have you join us - I expect you will really enjoy growing the Pleiones... such beautiful plants and , for many of them, not too difficult  and so very rewarding. And such colours and markings!

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Jan Methorst on February 20, 2011, 11:03:41 AM

Maggi and Kevin

Thank you for your kind words

jan

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Paul T on February 20, 2011, 11:14:47 AM

Welcome, Jan.  8)

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: WimB on February 20, 2011, 04:28:47 PM

Welkom op dit prachtige en leerrijke forum, Jan.

I'm sure you'll get a lot of help from the very knowledgeable people on this forum who are into Pleiones.

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Jan Methorst on February 21, 2011, 10:17:52 AM

Thank you Wim

Paul; Thank you, am very impressed with thread about 'Australian native terrestrial orchids'
jan

Title: Re: Introduction
Post by: Paul T on February 21, 2011, 11:44:06 AM

Jan,

Glad you're enjoying it!!  8)  There's a couple more sending up buds now, but the majority flower much more towards our spring (it is currently late summer at present).