PLEIONES -2008 (New Forum section)

[johanneshoeller]

The first Pleione praecox this year

[jack]

Hello,

 Pleione x lagenaria


Best wishes

Ivo

[Johan Nilson]

I was very luckey when I got to see one in the wild last year. Pleione precox in Lachung walley in Northen Sikkim 13th of October 2007.

[BULBISSIME]

My P. maculata seems to start flowering bud, do you still water them a little or not at all ?
I keep them outside for the moment, min temp is about 4°C : to less or Ok ?
Thank's
Fred

[jack]

Hello,

Pleione maculata


Best wishes

Ivo

[Maggi Young]

Fred, no-one is coming forward yet with an answer to you... my feeling is not to water pleiones until there is good leaf growth.... though this is not to say I would have the pots VERY dry, perhaps only a very little moisture, to keep any emerging roots from dessicating, but not enough to allow rot to begin, which happens  easily with pleiones, I think.

[BULBISSIME]

Many thank's Maggy !
It's my way of cultivation for Pleiones but I have no experience with autumn flowering ones !
I'll keep you informed and may be a picture.... in some days !

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hi Fred,
I've never grown P.maculata but I've heard and read it likes it warmer than the other Pleiones.
Keeping them at +4 as you write seems pretty chilly for them.
+13/15°C in Winter seems to do the trick.

Happy growing !

[Maggi Young]

Fred,  I have little experience myself of the autumn-flowering types, but I thought to give you what I "thought" would be the case..... now, of course, when you and I think we are being sensible to use the same method as with the spring growers, one of the exper ::)ts will come and tell us different..... where are you, experts?? !!

Luc, I too have heard that warmer is better.... but as much as 13 or 14 degress? That seems high? 

[BULBISSIME]

Thank's all !
P. maculata is now in the greenhouse, under light !
temp is minimum 12°C 

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Fred,
I agree that 4 degrees is too cold for P. maculata. It comes from lower altitudes than most other pleiones and prefers winter temperatures no lower than about 8 to 10 centigrade. I think they do better if even warmer than that, so Luc's suggestion of 13 to 15 is not too much - though perhaps these are dyatime temperatures, with night time going no lower than 10. People who grow a range of orchids seem to grow this species better than us so-called Pleione specialists and this is because they treat it as a "cool" growing orchid, which for them means in a house with 10 centigrade as the lowest temperature. Some of them even keep them in their "intermediate" houses and they do equally well.
As for watering, I stop watering maculata at the same time as the other pleiones and keep it dry through the winter - or sometimes I give the tiniest amount of water down the very edge of the pot to give new roots (which start growing earl) something to aim for.

Paul

[BULBISSIME]

Many Thank's Paul,
and congratulation for your web site !
As I also grow a lot of caudex in the greenhouse, with minimum temp around 10°C, I suppose they will be fine in this place !
Best,
Fred

[jack]

Hi Fred,

I have my maculata stand at 10-14 ° now. However, I pour her a little from time to time, too.

best wishes

Ivo

[johanneshoeller]

Pleione praecox, an interesting form

[Maggi Young]

Pleione praecox, an interesting form

A lovely lady in a dancing dress, Hans!