PLEIONES -2008 (New Forum section)

[ian mcenery]

Glad to see you join the forum Pete now people will know where I got Rakata "locking stumps" from 

[Slug Killer]

Formosana lucy diamond

 

[derekb]

My latest two please excuse the mixing bowl sign but at 35p they are a cheap bowl and you can see the roots when they grow.

Do you have Yorkshire blood in your veins Derek?
David no I have always lived within 15 miles of Lidfield where I was born many years ago.
Derek.

[Slug Killer]

Hi Rob

No, I believe Lucy Diamond is meant to be white. If you do a search on the net you will find several pictures of it.

Regards

Dave

[Diane Clement]

Rainer Kretz named this clone when he used to live at Locking Stumps - ? a village near warrington. He also used to offer Hekla "Locking Stumps." (I am going by an old address.)

Welcome Pete.  The forum is in for a treat if Pete can post pictures of his pleiones.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Simon,
Your plant does look very much like a P. bulbocodioides. Rob's could be P. pleionoides, or a hybrid - if the latter it is almost impossible to name some of these - there are a large number that are this colour scheme - pink or mauve with red spots on the lip, all looking very similar. I have a pet name for all of these - I call them JAPPs - Just Another Pink Pleione!

Paul

[Pete Clarke]

Welcome, Pete and thanks for your assistance in the 'Locking Stumps' question... I thought I was going to have to phone David and sing the poor soul to sleep 

Thank you all for your welcoming comments. As another pleione "nutcase" - I am happy to contribute to the site. I have struggled to find a way to downsize my pics, I hope these show that I have succeeded;
Pl. Brigadoon
chunii
Erebus
formosana "Clare"
grandiflora
formosana "Cairngorm"
Rakata "Keith Rattray"

(I have more.)

[Maggi Young]

Pete, you have succeeded very well in your resizing of these lovely pix, thank you. We will be happily waiting for you to show us more 

I wonder why I find 'Cairngorm' so beautiful.....

[David Nicholson]

Welcome to the Forum Pete. Posting pictures like those though you're doing nothing to help my obsession not to have another obsession

[Pete Clarke]

The second pic shows Rakata "Shot Silk" grown unprotected outside and is significantly paler & pinker than those kept in a cold greenhouse. (I find all Rakatas & Tongariro to be absolutely hardy.)
I have found it difficult to capture the depth of yellow colour of Shantung "Ducat" - this is the best I have acheived.

Rakata Shot Silk
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 Rakata Locking Stumps
 Shantung Top Score
 Shantung Ducat

[Simon Elcomb]

The second pic shows Rakata "Shot Silk" grown unprotected outside and is significantly paler & pinker than those kept in a cold greenhouse. (I find all Rakatas & Tongariro to be absolutely hardy.)

I have always wanted the courage to try some outside - I once found P bulbocoideoides outside at Ness Gardens near Chester (not there now - shame - that part of the garden has been replanted). I always seem to loose a few Shantung Ridgeway every winter and I am not sure why.
What sort of temperatures have they endured and what sort of protection? I would love to emulate your success!

[jack]

Hello,

Pl. xbarbarae


Pl. aurita




Pl. Tolima Moorhen


Can anybody help me at it? Pl. unknow


Best wishes

Ivo

[Pete Clarke]

A few more pix.

[Slug Killer]

Pleione bulbocodiodes



Pleione aurita



Dave

[johanneshoeller]

Some Pleiones