Pleione 2015

[Maggi Young]

Okay, I've got to ask (someone has to). Why Plieone 'shuggy' ?
Don't remember that being an accepted form of nomenclature. 
Nice plant though.....

Tee Hee!  I love it when the SRGC forum actually has a truly Scottish joke, even if it does puzzle everyone else..... ...... 

[Peter Maguire]

Is it something to do with dancing? I would have expected that to be 'shoogle'? 

[Steve Garvie]

In Scotland Shug (Shuggie) is the common nickname for Hugh (Hughie).

[Peter Maguire]

Aha! Now it all makes sense. 

[Maggi Young]

Aha! Now it all makes sense. 

 But of course! We Scots are a very sensible people !

[Steve Garvie]

The last of the Spring-flowering Pleiones to flower here.

Pleione scopulorum a semi-alba clone called "Selene".





Pleione hookeriana

[Tony Willis]

Steve, beautiful and super photographs

[hud357]

Mainly for SteveC2 ...

I think the Sphag idea seems to be working just fine 

A month and a half to get from this ...


To this ...


Thanks for that. Very helpful.

[SteveC2]

 Just watch out in this hot weather.  Don't let it dry out completely as rewetting is difficult.

[hud357]

I live close to the Pennines so water isn't usually much of a problem. They are currently getting a good soaking. I suspect that their biggest problem tonight might be getting hit by lightning 

[vigor]

saxicola and praecox season!although most of the plants still hold their flower buds, it seems earlier for these two plants.
it's my first saxicola

[Maren]

Hello Vigor,

that P. praecox is very early. Mine are still in glorious leaf and not showing any sign of flower buds. But I have great expectations.

[erf]

Hello all
Here is my forst autumn flowering Pleione this year. Pleione Slender Loris.
Regards Erling

[karel_t]

Hi Erling,
Nice Slender Loris 
I have my autumn flowering pleiones still in full growth and they just start to develop flower-buds.
I've read on your FB, that you've had perfect weather this year.
Here in Czech Republic we've had really terrible weather so far. In mid of July the temperature touched +42°C in my greenhouse and all summer doesn't drop below 30 (today is 36,5°C).
However almost all pleiones look very good (included coolest plants as P. hookeriana), just several small bulbs or bulbils died, and also attempt with P. forrestii tied on the bark wasn't successful. However P. maculata and peacox go very nice on the bark in this tropical year.
K.

[LarsB]

Hi Erling,

That's early. Like Karel, my plants are still growing and show no signs of flowering yet.

Karel: It has been sligtly colder here 

Regards

Lars