Pleione 2015

[Maren]

Hi Peter,
your pleiones are looking good. I think your double lipped P. Sifaka is weirdly wonderful.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Roma - your forrestii has a lovely spotted lip.
Steve - what a cracking albiflora, tremendous frills and well caught on your photos.
Paul  - fabulous Pleiones!

2 forms of Pleione grandiflora (yellow) x (forrestii x humilis) = Sirena, (a tremendous Christian Leug cross).
The flowers have an almost luminous quality and all are superb in colour and size and far easier to grow than forrestii.
Pleione Edgecombe.
Sifaka with 2 lips.

More exceptional Pleiones, Pete !  Gorgeous !

[Pete Clarke]

Pleione Cuxius (forrestii x albiflora) the albiflora predominating here.
Manchu Spring (Versailles "Buckleberry" x taliensis "Cangshan Strain". A Martin Hazelton plant.

[erf]

Very nice flowers Pete.
Here are two very nice Pleione Edgecombe clones and a giant thanks to you Pete.
Regards Erling

[Maren]

Lovely plants, Erling.

Regarding: The European Orchid Conference and Show 2015 in London.

I'll be there tomorrow, Wednesday, judging, and then again on Friday, attending lectures and generally milling about and buying the odd orchid or three. - If you're there, please come up for a chat.

[Nova]

Bulbocodioides 'Kunming King' is far ahead of other bulbocodoides clones, furthermore pretty pink Lucey and Captain Hook with droopy petals.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pleione Cuxius (forrestii x albiflora) the albiflora predominating here.
Manchu Spring (Versailles "Buckleberry" x taliensis "Cangshan Strain". A Martin Hazelton plant.

Love the Cuxius Pete !

Very nice flowers Pete.
Here are two very nice Pleione Edgecombe clones and a giant thanks to you Pete.
Regards Erling

Fantastic Edgecombe Erling !!!

Bulbocodioides 'Kunming King' is far ahead of other bulbocodoides clones, furthermore pretty pink Lucey and Captain Hook with droopy petals.

   A bit worrying, these drooping petals, Nova.  I had the same last year with Captain Hook and nearly lost it later in the season.  I was lift with only a few small pseudobulbs.  I wonder if anybody else ever experienced the same ??

Excellent bulbocodium by the way !

[erf]

Some more flowering Pleione today. It is realy high season in my cold shed :-)

-Pleione Edgecombe
-Pleione Shantung 'Barn Owl'
-Pleione Shantung 'Double Cream'
-Pleione Marion Johnson 'Bubs'
-Pleione formosana (a nice pale clone)

Regards Erling

[Steve Garvie]

The last two Pleione forrestii flowering here:

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Some more flowering Pleione today. It is realy high season in my cold shed :-)

-Pleione Edgecombe
-Pleione Shantung 'Barn Owl'
-Pleione Shantung 'Double Cream'
-Pleione Marion Johnson 'Bubs'
-Pleione formosana (a nice pale clone)

Regards Erling

Great selection of superb clones, Erling ! 

The last two Pleione forrestii flowering here:

Gorgeous plants en pictures, Steve !!

I've got some in flower as well :

Pleione orizba 'Fish Eagle'

Pleione Shasta

Pl. shantung 'Ducat' in full swing

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Two other favorites :

Pleine Santorini

and

Pleione Santorini 'Yellow wagtail'

[Steve Garvie]

A superb range of Pleione Erling & Luc!!!

My collection is limited to species and "wild" primary hybrids but already I'm struggling to find the right sort of growing space; how do you guys cope? 

I would love to see some images of the frames/ greenhouses or other growing structures that people use to accomodate their collections.

[ebbie]

I can only agree. Wonderful and spectacular Pleiones can be seen here.

[Nova]

Very familiar with struggling Steve. Pictures are from my garden summer 2013.
Last month I've moved to an apartment with a 2 x 3 m balcony, I seriously need to cut down my collection now

P.S. last picture is winter storage

[Nova]

Pleione Alde Saran and Glacier Peak ´Fantasia´, kind gift from Daniel (Danshi), also flowering ravishing aurita.