PLEIONES -2008 (New Forum section)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Beautiful Eiger Derek !  One I haven't got yet, will have to do something about that. 
And there's no risk we get white fever from looking at Pleiones ...

We all look forward to your first Pleione Rob ! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Rob,
I posted Eiger 'To Ah' and Eiger 'To be' on page 2 of this thread.
I don't have 'to See', as I find it quite similer to 'To be'

They're from an identical cross as the original one by Ian Butterfield, made by the Dutch Orchid specialist Jan Berg, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago.  If I remember rightly, he used P. formosana alba instead of the standard P. formosana used by Butterfield to cross it with P. humilis.

[johanneshoeller]

Pleione Locking Stumps anf forrestii (one with a little white)

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very nice Hans !
You had these gems well protected from the storm !

[chris]

nice plants Hans, here the next two in flower in our greenhouse:

[Maggi Young]

Now, please don't tell those Galanthophiles I said this: these white Pleiones are really lovely, aren't they? 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I love your P. cairngorn Chris !

Here's some more from me :

1) Pleione alishan "Mothers Day"
2) Pleione leda - a very variable hybrid - this is the one I caught...

[chris]

it is a verry nice pale color of your  P.alishan, Luc,
here is P.'Fuego' and another white one for you Maggi, P.'Clare'

[johanneshoeller]

A healthy Pleione Zeus Weinstein and Rakata Rock Dove

[Paul T]

Love the form and tipped colour of Zeus Weinstein.  Very nice!!  The others aren't bad either!! 

[mickeymuc]

Here P. "Burnsall" (yunnanensis x aurita) is starting to flower. It is one of my favourite hybrids, very different (well, as expected from a cross between two unusual species) and much brighter pink than visible on the pictures. The flowers sit on tall stalks, and it multiplies very well - very rewarding, I would say.

Edit : I have reduced the size of your picture to remove the need to scroll across the screen to see the image. Maggi

Thanks, Maggi ! Some day I'll learn which is the right size....

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Hans,
Your Zeus Weinstein doesn't only look healthy, it's a very very nice clone too !!! Beautiful ! 

Very nice P. "Burnsall" Michael, not one I grow so far, I guess I should consider it 

Here's some of mine flowering today (fortunately well sheltered from snow and hail succeeding to each other :

Pleione harlequin "Norman"
Pleione hekla "Locking Stumps"
Pleione ueli wackernagel
P. formosana "Polar sun" - shown earlier, now the whole bunch 

[Paul T]

Luc,

Absolutely super pics!!  So clear and perfect.  Beautiful Pleiones!! 

[lkelly]

Hi All,

Just found the forums from Paul's site. It's great to see so many other Pleione fans!

I'm amazed how many of you have things in flower at the moment, I've got one or two in heavy bud but nothing in flower. I am up near Manchester though.

[Maggi Young]

Hello, IKelly, great to have you join us!  We're back in winter again  here in North East Scotland  .... what's it like with you down there in the " mid West"