Pleione 2017

[Steve Garvie]

Aye, there seems to have been a mix-up with the labelling of this test-tube baby at the nursery!

[Steve Garvie]

Pleione scopulorum

- a small flowered form.



-a selected semi-alba form of scopulorum called Selene. It seems to clump up quite well.



Re-post of this image of an early-flowering (and large-flowered) scopulorum which was in flower 7 weeks ago.
What distinguishes Pleione kaatiae from Pleione scopulorum?

[Steve Garvie]

Last (Spring) pleione to flower here is Pleione hookeriana.

[sjusovare]

(Much too crowded) Pleione maculata seedlings

[karel_t]

Does somebody know any details about recently described a natural hybrid - Pleione x kingdonwardii (humilis x bulbocodioides)? Where, when and who this plant collected?
K.

[Steve Garvie]

Is this the same thing as the clone previously grown as Pleione humilis Frank Kingdon Ward?

There was a paper published in June of this year about this form. The abstract suggests it is a triploid hybrid -presumably with two sets of chromosomes from humilis. Unfortunately I don't have access to the full article: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/curt.12190/abstract

[ashley]

It is Steve.  PM me your email address if you'd like the paper.

[SteveC2]

Strange experience with my pleione tonight.  With more rain forecast I decided to move some of my pits into a more sheltered position.  When I picked up a pot of Shantung Silver Anniversary I noticed a 5p sized bluster on the biggest bulb.  Me being me I poked said blister and got a face full of liquid.  I cannot remove the bulb from the pot without upsetting the rest and so have covered the wound with cinnamon and will destroy the bulb when it is possible.  But any thoughts on what the cause might be?  I have thousands of bulbs and could not find any other such blisters.

Also I washed my hands and face and as yet am experiencing no odd symptoms.

[erf]

Some people suggested that it looked like Burnsall (yunnanensis x aurita).
The plant I have seems much too big compared to confirmed burnsall I have, and also lack the tall stem and some yellow on the lip...
I guess we'll never know, might be better to label it as Pln somethingensis

Could also be a pure clone of Pleione Shasta (Pleione Sajama x Pleione aurita)
Regards Erling

[Johan K.]

Those two Pleione saxicola are the first for this autumn.

[Steve Garvie]

A Pleione praecox form obtained as Pleione vietnamensis.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A Pleione praecox form obtained as Pleione vietnamensis.

I'd be glad to obtain this beauty under any name Steve ! 

[Johan K.]

Pleione 'Confirmation'

[Catwheazle]

some autum flowerin species:
Pleione maculata

[Catwheazle]

... and Pleione praecox