Pleione 2016

[Sempervivum]

Some time ago the labels of many of my spring flowering Pleiones got mixed up and therefore I need to identify this one. What do you think, can it be Glacier Peak? Unfortunately the flower didn't open properly.

[john hodgson]

grandifloras
A near pure white alongside a yellow throated pair.
(I hadn't meant to have the white in there! But it makes a nice comparison).
At least there are no worries about parentage with these! 

[yannsavoie]

New bloom this week Pleione forrestii ((Light color of the lack of light I think)

[Chris Johnson]

Pleione Volcanello ‘Honey Buzzard’

[ian mcdonald]

I bought this pleione at a nursery/garden centre yesterday(not sure of the difference these days) for £3.99. It was in a tray of about 50 pleione, they all looked the same. Some P. forrestii in the parentage. The problem is, buying from an unknown source could be introducing pests or disease. There was no indication of a name either but a good looking plant for the price. img. 1010179.

[erf]

Hi

Perfect time a year for Pleione
Regards Erling

[erf]

and a few more.
Have a nice weekend all
Erling

[Maren]

Hi, I went to the London Orchid Show yesterday, re-named as a sub-set of the RHS Spring Plant Extravaganza (daffodils, other bulbs and, oh yes, alpines). The latter took up the New Hall while the orchids were relegated to the smaller hall. Fewer exhibitors, fewer nice plants for sale, lots of the unnamed pleione multitudes on pots, hardly any good pleiones for sale (I stopped exhibiting but that's not the only reason). Sign of the times, I guess, sicut transit gloria mundi...

[karel_t]

New bloom this week Pleione forrestii ((Light color of the lack of light I think)

Hi yannsavoie,
How long do you grow these plants, did you see their flowers last year? I'm not sure, that this pale colour is due to lack of light. I think this could be the pale clone.
K.

[ian mcdonald]

Some of my new Pleione flowering for the first time for me. img. 1010188 is Shantung Christine. img. 1010189 is Michael Butterfield. img. 1010190 is Shantung Ducat. img. 1010191 is Doreen.

[hud357]

A quick question ...

My forrestii is growing out of the top of last years PB. Should I change its growing conditions now, while it has no roots, or just leave it alone and see what happens?

I have lots of options but the one I might try is wrapping the PB in 'wood moss'. Suggestions on a postcard.

[john hodgson]

Hud357: re forrestii
Last year (and this) I had some very large Marion Johnson pseudo-bulbs, some of which flowered directly from the top of the PB. Roots snaked out from across the top of the bulb. I covered the top of the bulb with moss which allowed the roots to penetrate the compost, but these growths made only modestly sized new PBs.  (Perhaps they didn't get the water they required or roots were damaged)
The photo is not an example of such a bulb - I didn't photograph them because the PBs looked knobbly and unpleasing to the eye! This example is a single 4cm diameter pseudo-bulb. Double flowered scapes are not unusual.

[Maggi Young]

Very excited to hear that Forrest Medal at SRGC Edinburgh Show has gone to Jane and Alan Thompson, a pair of very good growers from the Edinburgh SRGC Group - it's their first Forrest! They have won with a super potful of  Pleione 'Doreen' . It was also awarded a First class Certificate and a Cultural Commendation from the @RHS joint rock garden plant committee - What a triple whammy for their first Forrest! Well done Jane and Alan!
Photo is by Alan Gardner

[Roma]

Pleione forrestii

[Maren]

Roma, that's perfection in a pot. Well done.