Pleione 2014

[Steve Garvie]

Nice Pleione!!!
My maculata are nowhere near this stage. 
Under what conditions (temperature/shading) do you grow your maculata Hr. Goofy?

[goofy]

hey, I have them put "under LED lights" in the basement in January,
then transferred into the greenhouse in May,
when they were in full growth.

the praecox lost all leaves, no buds yet

the maculatas near to loose leaves
and buds are about near to open in about 14 days,

the Confusas are over about14 days...........
........... but two more were grown in the green house
not yet have buds, but are still in full growth

cheers

[Steve Garvie]

hey, I have them put "under LED lights" in the basement in January,
then transferred into the greenhouse in May,
when they were in full growth.

the praecox lost all leaves, no buds yet

the maculatas near to loose leaves
and buds are about near to open in about 14 days,

the Confusas are over about14 days...........
........... but two more were grown in the green house
not yet have buds, but are still in full growth

cheers

Many thanks!

[goofy]

SORRY friends,

I made a mistake:

they are NOT confusas,
BUT Confirmations ..............

cheers

[FrazerHenderson]

Some general photographs of plants

[FrazerHenderson]

and a couple more..

[Maren]

Hallo Frazer,

it may interest you that your photo of Clare isn't Clare, because Clare is a form of P. formosana f alba, and should therefore be white.
Your second photo is Pln Stromboli 'Fireball', something got lost in the translation.

Do you have them in flower now? that would be a bit unusual.

[Pete Clarke]

It was worth planting the tiny coronaria bulbils I had, a few have grown ok in a mix of fine oak leaf shreddings, bark, Tesco cat litter and finely cut wood moss.
Pl. humilis bulbils have done even better.
I have found a coarse form of Tesco cat litter, which will be better for use Pleione and alpine compost mixes - Sanicat pink. I got this from pets at Home but I think it is widely available.

[erf]

Hello Pete
I have done the same with my Pleione albiflora bulbils. But I have planted them in a bottle, wich makes it easy to keep the moist, and the can stay longer without care during the summmer periode. In the bottum of the bottle, there is a layer of perlite to keep the compost moist and work as a water reservoir. On top is a layer of very fine cut peat moss and pine bark. It seems to work for even very tiny bulbils.
Regards

[Danshi]

Looks like albiflora is not shy to reproduce.

[erf]

Hello Danshi
It looks nice an vigerus. My plants usual gives two FS plants and a lot of tiny bulbils. But three new bulbs are a bit unusual. Do you grow them only in peatmoss?

Regards Erling

[Danshi]

Hi Erling,

they are growing in pure peat moss as that's my safest bet for growing such an expensive plant. I bought the mother bulb last winter, so I can't take credit for the three shoots it had, but we'll see how it performs next year. Interestingly the biggest one of the new bulbs isn't bottle-shaped like the old one, but rather round.

Regards
Daniel

[erf]

Hi Daniel

I have had Pleione albiflora for a few years now. Sometimes the bottleshape is not so significant, and some time the bottle shape comes quite late in the season. Sometimes first when I store it in the fridge during winter.
I had a look at my own Pleione albiflora, and this year one of the bulbs has given me 3 new, though one is not very big.
So yes, it seems to be a vigerus albiflora year. 

Regards Erling

[Danshi]

Shape-shifting in the fridge? Now that's spooky. 

[erf]

I think that when they are put into the fridge, they contain a lot of water. Climate in the fridge are very dry, so the bulbs loses some water during the winter. This could be why the change shape. So not that spooky realy.
Regards Erling