Pleione 2015

[Peter Maguire]

Wow! 
Now that's what I call a collection. 

[SteveC2]

I blame it all on my "stamp collector"  tendency.

The good thing is that in a couple of weeks they will allbe going outside!

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hi,
 Here's a picture of my ( humble ) Pleione formosana
JP

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

I'm sorry for the mistake. The plant is most probably P. Piton.
Thanks to Steve

[Johan K.]

Pleione formosana on a few spots in the garden.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pleione bulbocodioides is getting started outside in its hollow stem - it seems to enjoy the company of Corydalis flexuosa 'Blue Panda'

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Luc,
   I like your log grown bulbocodiodes.. How long have they been in there? Do you cover it in winter to stop it getting too soggy?

Tim DH

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Tim,
They're just in their 4th flowering season in that position now.
The log is completely hollow (also at the bottom) and filled with bark.
I don't give any protection at all except some netting to keep the cats away in certain seasons...

[Maren]

We talked about variegated pleiones some time ago and I said that mine had lost their variegation. Well, this is another occasion on which I have to eat my words. Just discovered a variegated Pln formosana. It sort of got lost among the other formosanas and I was going to throw it out because of its inferior flowers, until I discovered the variegation. I still think it's nothing much to shout about.

[Graham Catlow]

Emptied the winter quarters today in the hope that there will be no more frosts 

Most of these are Pleione x barbarae and P. x taliensis but there is also P. aurita, P. 'Fuego' and P. 'Stromboli Fireball'.

I have been selecting colour forms of x barbarae and x taliensis for the past two years but haven't had the opportunity to continue this year due to the imminent house move.
Hopefully we will be settled by next year to continue.

[hud357]

Quick beginners question ...

Anyone know what is going wrong here? Looks like I have purchased Chives rather than a bunch of mixed aged
Pleiones. Everyone on the thread has leaves or flowers. Not too bothered by the lack of flowers but some leaves would be nice 

[Pete Clarke]

A rather late flowering Pl. Lucy.

[erf]

Very nice Pete.
Regards Erling

[SteveC2]

Quick beginners question ...

Anyone know what is going wrong here? Looks like I have purchased Chives rather than a bunch of mixed aged
Pleiones. Everyone on the thread has leaves or flowers. Not too bothered by the lack of flowers but some leaves would be nice 

Were they very small bulbs?  If so I find these start into growth later than the flowering size ones but these small leaves would be nothing to worry about.
Alternatively are these growths coming from the very top of the old bulb?  If so I am afraid something has gone wrong!  Your compost looks very dry and I cannot quite fathom what it is.  Bark and perlite?

[hud357]

Were they very small bulbs?  If so I find these start into growth later than the flowering size ones but these small leaves would be nothing to worry about.
Alternatively are these growths coming from the very top of the old bulb?  If so I am afraid something has gone wrong!  Your compost looks very dry and I cannot quite fathom what it is.  Bark and perlite?

They are mixed sizes, bulbils to a cm or so. The growths are from the sides.

People generally suggested keeping them dry until they in obvious growth. I think I might have taken this advice a bit too far 
The compost is a mix of bark and cat litter. I'm a bit heavy handed at watering time so I tend toward very open mixes for all my plants.

I've just put them out in the rain to see if that helps.