Pleione 2015

[erf]

Hello Yann
I would say something like Santorino in a pale variant. But it could maybe be a clone of Pleione plenionoides.
Erling

[Maggi Young]

Hello Yann, welcome to the Forum! 

[yannsavoie]

thank you

a form of Pleione pleionoides am happy too, I know that the plant is not a botanical human variety

[Maren]

Hello Yann,

welcome on this site.

Your pleione looks very interesting. can you please take another picture when the flower is fully open?
Thanks.

[Nova]

Pleione Lilac Wonder and Leda 'Fishing Owl', two breathtaking beauties.

[yannsavoie]

Hello Maren is thank you, yes I would do more photos

Nova your Pleione are always so beautiful

[gregork]

Nice pictures Khadija. I have never heard of P. Lilac Wonder before.

My Pleione also started to bloom.
Here is my P. grandiflora

Regards,
Gregor

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pleione Lilac Wonder and Leda 'Fishing Owl', two breathtaking beauties.

The 'Fishing Owl' is glorious, Khadija !!

[yannsavoie]

hello,
New photo Pleione "x...."

[Steve Garvie]

Some forms of Pleione forrestii:
The first two images are of plants of Vietnamese provenance (they have a delicate and attractive scent), the third is a pale-flowered clone with a white column and almost white base to the lip and the fourth is a white form.
Pleione forrestii is perhaps more prone to aborting its flowers than any other species. Even relatively minor fluctuations in temperature can be enough to cause this. In winter I keep all of my forrestii in a cold garage which ranges between 2C & 6C but this year I placed three forrestii on a cold bathroom window sill two months ago -along with a max-min thermometer. The maximum recorded temperature was only 12C ( the bathroom is almost never used now that the kids have moved out) yet all three of these forrestii lost their flowers.

[Maren]

..I have never heard of P. Lilac Wonder before.
..
Gregor

Hi Gregor,

its full name is Pleione formosana 'Lilac Wonder'. not often seen these days.

[gregork]

Steve, very interesting observations! I am also loosing flowers for a secons year in a row.  Now i know what is the problem. i am moving one pot right away. I hope it is not too late. Outstanding photos by the way!

Maren thank you for the information!

Best regards,
Gregor

[pseudobulb]

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]

Hi Gregor,

its full name is Pleione formosana 'Lilac Wonder'. not often seen these days.

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

That's correct, chunii x yunnanensis was registered in 2009 by Bergel as Lilac Wonder. I got it from Jan Moors as yunnanensis x chunii. Guess it's the reversed cross, haven't asked Jan to be honest.

[Maren]

I stand corrected.