Pleione 2016

[karel_t]

I'm also able to share with you several next Ian's just registered hybrids:
P. Isabela (P. x confusa x P. Salek),
P. Kadovar (P. Salek x P. grandiflora),
P. Tyler Want (P. Suswa x P. Krafla) and
P. Victoria (P. Iris Butterfield x P. grandiflora).

Enjoy! 

K.

[john hodgson]

I'm so envious of your visit Karel.

What a treat and thank you for posting the pictures. It's nice to see the fruits of Ian's continued striving for a strong, true red - Philip Crib is a worthy addition. The others are all interesting and beautiful too.

P. Victoria (P. Iris Butterfield x P. grandiflora) reminded me a little of P. Bromo (yunnanensis x confusa) when it first opens - which got me wondering...



Digging a little deeper, P. Iris Butterfield is a cross of P. forrestii x P. x confusa,  so P. x confusa is in Bromo and Iris Butterfield.
And am I right in thinking that P. x confusa is a cross of P. albiflora x forrestii... so P. forrestii is in the mix on both sides as well. I guess that P. yunnanensis contributes the faint pink blush in Bromo. I find it fascinating to see the attributes of parents (or grandparents) resurfacing in the descendants.

On that note, I acquired Pleione Kima this year, and was interested to compare it with the parents, which I also grow. Kima opened this week for me. Here are all 3 together:

[hud357]

No fantastic flowers to show (very impressed by what I've seen so far) but I thought that this might encourage folk to help out beginners wherever possible ...

(mainly directed at stevec2) ...

Your advice last season was well received.  I grabbed some mature bulbs from e-bay and, while I'm still wearing my 'L' plates ...

Go me ...



Remember that last year I had 'chives' before asking around ...



What a difference some good advice and time makes.
If I hadn't seen the flowers then I might figure that I had purchased bamboo by mistake.

(wrong thread alert) Mr Monocotman ... My Cyp has gone from two noses to six so thank you too.

I rest my case concerning good advice.

[sjusovare]

I know it's a classical, but I still really like this clone of Pleione Tongarino...
...Which is almost impossible to capture in picture due to the mirror effect its petals seem to have (and unfortunately, the white extremities still do not appear as clearly here as they do in reality)

[Maren]

Hi Karel,
nice of you to post pictures of Ian Butterfield's new hybrids. He tells me that Tyler Want should be Terry Want, but that's just a minor detail.
I hope you enjoyed your visit and I am sorry I missed you this year. Ian's greenhouse was indeed a wonderful sight and I was fortunate to visit him many times. What a grower!!

[karel_t]

He tells me that Tyler Want should be Terry Want, but that's just a minor detail.

Hi Maren,
You are right about Terry Want, however in RHS register is stated the name Tyler Want. I know that Ian's labeled this hybrid as Terry - maybe RHS goblin  .
It's a shame, we didn't meet this spring, so maybe next time  .
K.

[sjusovare]

It will be the last of the season for me... but not least

Pleione Nyiarongo







This clone comes from Ian Butterfield's cross (the one he made before G. Bergel but did not considere special enough to deserve being registered)

[john hodgson]

Julien - well taken photographs and a nice way to say goodbye to your pleione season. I find the numerous frills along the edge of the lip very interesting.
P. Nyiarongo is the result of P. aurita x P. coronaria. I grow aurita:

The lip edge is not so strongly fringed as P. Nyiarongo .
Looking at the male side of seed parentage, P. coronaria, the lip edge is even smoother.
I refer to any of Paul Cumbleton's photos:  http://www.pleione.info/pleione-species-gallery-a---h.html

So the frilliness of the edge of the lip in P. Nyiarongo  appears to be stronger than either parent... Interesting!

[SteveC2]

I have a couple of Nyiarongo in flower at the moment, much darker in colour than Julien's but with same lips.  Right up there with my favourites.

[karel_t]

While Julijen will finish his season soon, I have the main season now here in Czech 
Several of just flowered.
K.

[Steve Garvie]

Pleione grandiflora -two different forms:





Pleione coronaria

[vigor]

My first self-made hybrid opened
forrestii x yunnanensis
I pollinated and sowed this cross in 2013 and I prepared to wait for 4 years to see the result but this one just opened unexpectedly in hundreds of seedlings ！

[Maggi Young]

My first self-made hybrid opened
forrestii x yunnanensis
I pollinated and sowed this cross in 2013 and I prepared to wait for 4 years to see the result but this one just opened unexpectedly in hundreds of seedlings ！

 Wow!  If the flowers remain so small and neat it will really be fabulous - small and perfectly formed!

[vigor]

Wow!  If the flowers remain so small and neat it will really be fabulous - small and perfectly formed!

The small flower probably results from a small pseudobulb. As you see, only 3 years’ growth  from seed is not enough to produce a flower-sized pseudobulb, not to mention a big-flower one.

[karel_t]

It is a bit impatient  , however nice P. Krakatoa 
K.