Pleione 2019

[Maren]

Has anybody heard from Ian Butterfield ?
Is he issuing a new catalogue this year ??

Hello Luc,

I am working on Ian Butterfield's catalogue for 2020. He has 15 new hybids since last year. I've finished the .pdf but am having some trouble loading it to my website so that I can put a link here as before.  Patience, please, I'll get there.

His message to any friends and customers outside the United Kingdom interested in buying pleiones:

"I usually ships pleiones in the first / second week of January, depending on the weather. Due to the uncertainties about Brexit , it is rather risky to place an order. If Brexit happens before 15th January, I will not be able to ship and your money will be returned. This could involve some fees."

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Many thanks Maren !! 

[sjusovare]

The way I understand it, even with brexit occuring, things would remain the same regarding customs during the transition period which runs untill december 2020 (and can be extended up to 2 years), so there shouldnt be any legal problems regarding CITES during that time. It's only in case of "hard brexit" that there would be issues related to the immediate exit of the EUCU.

[Maren]

Nothing is certain about Brexit, hence the forewarning.

That's all I want to say and I do not wish to enter into a discussion about Brexit.

[Maren]

Hi, I am having trouble loading Ian Butterfield's catalogue for 2020 to my  site  .

If you want one: click this  link to download the  Butterfield List  for  2019-2020

[Maggi Young]

There was a  small error  in the  previous  Butterfield  List  -   download this  link to get the  updated  version:
http://files.srgc.net/general/Butterfield-catalogue-2019-2020.pdf


(This  is the  same  url as the  previous  one  so if you downloaded that earleir, please  clear  your  cache  and  use this  version instead. )

[Maren]

Hi Maggi, thank you for this, you're a star.

[Maren]

People are asking me if I continue to volunteer as Ian's electronic letterbox.
The answer is YES, just send me an email to mtalbot@talktalk.net.

[Beza]

Thank you Maren for your volunteering services

Trying to make a final choice from Mr. Butterfield's great list proves harder than expected, especially as I can not find pictures for all of the varieties either. And then it is always a question how true the colours on those pictures are.

So I wanted to ask if anyone here could point out what would be the darkest purple variety from that list? I was considering P. Katmai ‘Crossbill’  but I keep seeing pictures of it where it appears just a strong pink - can anyone tell me what its true color is please?

Also does anyone by chance have a picture of P. Phillip Cribb maybe?

[PaulFlowers]

Can anyone recommend a source of sphagnum moss for reporting pleiones over Christmas? Last year I spent a fortune on small packets via amazon or eBay.

[Maggi Young]

Can anyone recommend a source of sphagnum moss for reporting pleiones over Christmas? Last year I spent a fortune on small packets via amazon or eBay.

If you get really  stuck, Paul, find a  friend with a bad  lawn and you'll be  able  to rake  all the  moss you  need  out  of it.  Just  takes  some  effort  and  it's fully  sustainable.

[SteveC2]

I use Big Moss from Babyllon, but it still feels like spending a fortune, albeit on bigger packets.  As for raking moss out of the lawn, around here finding a lawn is easier said than done, and the few that exist would be bald without the moss.

[Maggi Young]

...okay .... find a  friend with a  bad lawn in a  wet  area  and .........

[SteveC2]

Somewhere wet!  It has been more like Lancashire here than Lincolnshire since June.  Much more rain and they might as well redraw the map to move the North Sea back inland.  Mind you, the Pleione have loved it.  Taught me that I need to be more generous with the water in a “normal” year, whatever that is.

[Tim Harberd]

I'd agree Steve, the pseudobulbs are looking good this year..... Maybe I need to up my 'dry spell' watering regime in future.. The most obvious beneficiary here of this year's extra rain has been a bamboo..   Borinda lushuiensis .. which the general wisdom suggests you should only attempt growing in Cornwall... It's put up over twenty new canes.

Tim DH