PLEIONES -2008 (New Forum section)

[johanneshoeller]

2 different limprichtii and hookeriana

[Slug Killer]

My first Pleione praecox, a little early.



Dave

[Slug Killer]

My Pleione hookeriana are producing bulbils like I've never seen this year. I don't normally get anything like the amount shown in the pictures. Humilis are doing something similar but smaller. Both pictures are of hookeriana.

[Slug Killer]

Another Pleione saxicola out today.

[David Nicholson]

You're tempting me Dave, but I just don't have the room.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Dave,
Yes it sems to be a particularly good year for bulbil production, lots of my plants are producing a good crop. I wonder if it is something to do with the cooler summer? Also looking at your picture of your P. hookeriana I'm pretty sure that your bulbs are actually P. chunii;  true P. hookeriana makes only small, globular-shaped bulbs whereas P. chunii makes much larger, pointed bulbs like the ones in your picture. Sorry if that disappoints you!

Paul

[Slug Killer]

Hi Paul, this does not disappoint me at all. Could you possibly tell more from the photo a little further up of one in flower as this is the flower from one of the bulbs in question. Pleione chunii or hookeriana?

Dave

[Slug Killer]

Ps- How small are Pleione chunii flowers? I thought P. chunii were much bigger than hookeriana. The picture of one in flower makes it look quite big but they were very small flowers compared to the rest of the pleione I grow.

Dave

[DavMac]

Spring is here now in New Zealand and the Pleione season has begun. First out of block for me is Pleione Hekla. This cross has a nice colour but the stems are short and the flowers nod. Next year I am tempted to try planting the bulbs in a basket to display the flowers better.

Look forward to see what else is around in the Southern Hemisphere.

David

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Nice Hekla David - I'm just as curious as you are as to what else will be shown here from the SH !

[Slug Killer]

Lots of Pleione saxicola coming out now

[Slug Killer]

Thought I'd take a look at my Pleione hekla today as some of the leaves are now going yellow. Think I may need a bigger pot next year as they seem to like my current mix

[Maggi Young]

Wow, lovely roots there, Dave!  They are growing really well

[Slug Killer]

I'm amazed at these Pleione hekla. The new flowering bulbs grew so large there was not enough room and I seem to have double FS bulbs which are slightly disfigured with two leaves from each 'double' bulb. Even more interesting is the size of the bulbils that were produced, they look near flowering size or FS-1.

[johanneshoeller]

Dave,
why do you remove the Pleiones so early (the leaves are green and the bulbs have strong roots)?