Pleione 2015

[Maggi Young]

hi gregor and maren    the pleione  lilac wonder shown in the recent photograph is the registered hybrid between yunanensis and chunii, and not a  clone of pleione formosana.  i  once obtained a formosana clone  called lilac obtained from the old firm of robinsons in kent,and ian butterfield used to list pleione formosana  lilac beauty many years ago, but i havent heard of a formosana lilac wonder hope this obsevation is of help

Nova has shown her flowers of Lilac Wonder a couple of times before , but I see from this page :
http://www.pleione.info/pleione-hybrids-gallery-l---n.html that the three plants show there under the name seem to show two quite different "types" of flower - I  think Ican see the chunii blood in the second two pix, but not in the first - are there perhaps two plants with this name in circulation? 

[Nova]

Maggi I've mentioned to Paul the differecence, he received the picture from a friend. As chunii and hookeriana have often been mixed up in the past I would not be surprised if the first picture is actually Ganymede (yunnanensis x hookeriana)

ThomasB has posted a picture of Lilac Wonder in 2012 http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=8273.285

To compare Ganymede with Lilac Wonder I've posted below pictures I took last year.

[Maggi Young]

Life's  full of floral mysteries! Keeps us  interested, eh? 

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Everyone,
As I can't verify for certain the identity of that first picture of Lilac Wonder on the website, I have removed it. Thanks to everyone who have pointed out this and a few other errors, typos & gremlins! Please do let me know if you encounter any more.

Paul

[Nova]

More Pleione bliss: Piton 'Sering', Snow Monkey and Hekla 'Partridge'

[yannsavoie]

Pleione Riah Shan
The flower in the background was already open on February 20

[erf]

Hi all
Pleione albiflora opend on this very cold and sunny sunday in here in Denmark.
Erling

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Amazing show Erling !! 

[hud357]

I decided to try Pleione this year and so got myself forty mixed sized 'mongrels' from e-bay for £10 

They were thrown into the fridge in newspaper for a month and I have 'potted' them recently. Looking at them today, I can see growth but just a cm or so. I pulled one out and it has (1cm) roots too.

Should I stick the basket about 1/3 depth in water (temporarily (5 mins)) so that there is a water source 'down deep' if they want it?

[hud357]

Another question concerns P. humilis and forrestii. They both look like plants I would like to grow. Are the a bit too ambitious for a beginner? 

[erf]

Hello
Please do not water yet. Wait until the leafs has started to develop, there are to high a risk of root if you start watering now. If you want more detalils on growing, have a look at Poul Cumbletons web page http://www.pleione.info/cultivation---1.html. This is proberbly the best source to information.
Wether you should start growing Pleione humilis and Pleione forrestii, I see no problems about that. Pleione forrestii can be a little tricky in the spring. It do not like to have wet compost around the bulb, so hold back on water until the leaf has developed well. Pleione humilis are rather easy to grow.
Regards Erling

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pleione Steve James 'Plum Perfection' in flower at the moment.

[erf]

Very nice indeed Luc. It is a very good clone.
Erling

[erf]

Three new flowers opend today.
-Pleione Sifaka, a very genereous gift from Mr. Peter Clarke. I am very pleased with this clone.
-Pleione Glacier Peak
-Pleione Eiger 'Pinchebck Diamond'

Erling

[Pauli]

Two variations of Pleione (I think both are the Hybrid Glacier Peak) I bought in the garden center mentioned above: