Pleione 2014

[Sempervivum]

Very nice colour, Luc! Where did you get it from?

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice colour, Luc! Where did you get it from?

Yes Ulrich, I like it a lot too !
It was on Ian Butterfield's list !

[Sempervivum]

That's fine! Will order it next time.

[Nova]

Pleione bliss with bulbocodioides 'Kunming King', formosana, formosana 'Cairngorm', Hekla 'Partridge' and Marco Polo...

[Nova]

...and Whakari 'Cardinal', Margaret Kerr, Eiger 'Snowflake' and Lilac Wonder...

[Nova]

...and x confusa with unfortunately deformed petals.
On the last picture compared with (obviously) Shantung 'Ducat' which has been sold as x confusa 'Golden Gate' 

[erf]

Hello all

Some new flowers from Denmark, to lighten up the day

Regards Erling

[Nova]

Very nice Erling, albiflora finally rewarded your patience 

[Steve Garvie]

Great to see your albiflora in flower Erling!!!

[karel_t]

Nice P. albiflora Erling. By green apexes on the petals I assume, it is clone form Jan Moors 
K.

[erf]

You are right, it is a clone from Jan Moors.

Do any one know if there are more clones, than the ones presented on Poul Cumbleton and Jan Moors web-sites.

Regards Erling

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hello all

Some new flowers from Denmark, to lighten up the day

Regards Erling

Wonderful series Erling !
The albiflora is gorgeous !

[Steve Garvie]

You are right, it is a clone from Jan Moors.

Do any one know if there are more clones, than the ones presented on Poul Cumbleton and Jan Moors web-sites.

Regards Erling

There were some available recently as seed-raised plants which were said to be from seed obtained from Paul Cumbleton's stock. Being seed-raised they are likely to be quite variable. I have only flowered one so far and it looks to me to be just a plain Pleione humilis -but I think that is down to shady dealings by the supplier! I have another from a different supplier which is about a week away from flowering ........but seeing is believing! 

[Paul Cumbleton]

I believe the seed-raised stocks of P. albiflora recently offered are indeed originally from my stock. I crossed two forms I have (see below) and sent some of the resulting seed to Camiel de Jong. He sowed and raised plants and I believe he then sold on some of these plants to the dealers who have been advertising them. Pictures of them also show true albiflora. He returned some to me and these have flowered as true albiflora  If anyone has bought these and they have turned out to be P. humilis then I would suspect the “shady dealings by the supplier” that Steve is suspicious of.
As I crossed two differing clones the seedlings are bound to be a bit variable. Below are pictured the two clones I crossed (first two pictures) and the third picture is of a third clone. I have not personally seen any other clones than these three. I will attempt to make more pods this season - if anyone would like some of the resulting seed please let me know and I will send some if possible. The more we can get this spread around the better!

Cheers
Paul

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Paul,
   Thanks for showing these… The middle one reminds me of my (imperfect!) memory of humilis Frank Kingdon Ward…   Do you think there is a chance that that famous cultivar wasn’t actually a humilis?
    I note the middle albiflora has the long thin neck you refer to in your post of  10/01/2012 in the thread ‘‘Extinct or existing pleione?’’

Tim DH