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Author Topic: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.  (Read 7679 times)

LarsB

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Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« on: October 27, 2008, 08:16:31 PM »
Hi,

Iøm looking for Pleione, primarily P. vietnamense, P. albiflora, and P. coronaria. I'm also looking for hardy orchids. I have the following to swap:

Disa uniflora (Yellow x ‘Chrismas Gold) seedlings one to two years from flower. Should turn out yellow.

Disa Wilferd Duckitt.

I also got a couple of Epipactis helleborine.

Kind regards

Lars
« Last Edit: November 03, 2008, 10:16:22 PM by LarsB »
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #1 on: October 27, 2008, 08:42:32 PM »
Hi, Lars.... I quess you like orchids, then!  8)
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #2 on: October 27, 2008, 09:27:45 PM »

Sorry, I should have introduced myself, but i couldn't find a introduction section here. I live in Denmark and have a house and garden in a Copenhagen suburb.

Yes, i'm primarily into orchids, but growing a lot of other plants as well. Right now, I'm occupied by the Pleiones and although I've been growing them since 96 I still learn something every year. I've been growing orchids for some 27 years now. Disa and Pleione have been my main focus for a number of years but since there's no more room for plants I started on hardy orchids a coupel of years ago.

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Lars
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #3 on: October 27, 2008, 09:48:32 PM »
Lars. welcome to the Forum. If you go to the Index, there's a topic called "Let me Introduce Myself," most likely in the General Forum, a few pages back.
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2008, 03:51:28 PM »
Pleione coronaria!! Good luck with that one - been searching intently for over 10 years with no success. If you do have any luck, please do post here!

Alex

P.S. More usefully, I have lately seen albiflora at a few commercial sources, Crustacare have had bulbils in the past and groundorchids.de will have small ex-flask plants next Summer.
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #5 on: December 27, 2008, 04:04:36 PM »
 Crustacare  is an unfortunate sounding name though, isn't it?  ;D
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #6 on: December 27, 2008, 06:08:12 PM »
They've got two activities :
growing orchids and.... building lobster tanks.... hence.. Crustacare. (They're a Belgian Company  ;) )
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2008, 10:12:51 PM »
Yes, rather unfortunate-sounding - but they are thoroughly recommended!

Alex
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #8 on: January 03, 2009, 07:00:58 PM »
Hi Alex
Tried contacting Crustacare, but email just returned !!
Are they still trading !!!!!!!

 Eric
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #9 on: January 04, 2009, 05:03:27 PM »
Hi Lars,
As far as I know, P. vietnamensis is not in cultivation. The photo in Ian Butterfield's book is of the only plants ever collected. I have never heard of it being seen again since, let alone being brought into cultivation. P.coronaria is exceedingly rare in the wild, known from only 2 locations. There are a few bulbs in cultivation, but not many and it has proven difficult to grow. It has been raised just once successfully from seed, but very few seedlings resulted. I would not expect to see it offered for many years yet unless growers can become more successful at growing it. P. albiflora is also still rare in cultivation but has been raised from seed a few times, including by myself, but these have proved slow to grow on - mine are still tiny!!. Crustacare had their albiflora stock stolen a couple of years ago, so I don't know if they have been able to get more since. Sometimes too when I have seen albiflora offered for sale elsewhere it has turned out not to be albiflora at all, so be careful when you buy if you find any.

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I occasionally sell spare plants on ebay -
see http://ebay.eu/1n3uCgm

http://www.pleione.info/

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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #10 on: January 04, 2009, 10:07:51 PM »
Hi
You are correct Paul. Albiflora when it arrives is often a form of x Barbarae.!!!!!!!!!!

Eric
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #11 on: January 05, 2009, 10:53:37 AM »

Thanks you all for the response. I'm aware of the problem with albiflora. I had hoped that Crustacare would put some up for sale, but I guess I can forget about that.

Crustacare was still trading in October, when I bought some Cyp. seedlings from them.

It sounds like vietnamense will be impossible to get hold of. I know of a few people that have coronaria in cultivation, so I'll wait and hope.

I'm in the process of replanting all the Pleiones now. Now is the time where i can't wait to get tehm growing :)

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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #12 on: January 05, 2009, 11:13:35 AM »
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Crustacare was still trading in October, when I bought some Cyp. seedlings from them.


Might they not just be taking a winter break?
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #13 on: January 11, 2009, 06:13:19 AM »
I am new to the orchids. I ordered plants from T&M about 15 yrs ago for pleione hookeriana.  There was a crop failure and they refunded my money but I never got anything. So, of course, now I'm on a misssion.  I have searched the internet and it brought me to this site.  Does anyone have knowlege of this plant or know where I can find some? ???
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Re: Looking for Pleione and hardy orchids.
« Reply #14 on: January 11, 2009, 10:30:46 AM »
I'd suggest you visit Paul Cumbleton's site http://www.pleione.info/ and go to the "suppliers" page.
Good hunting !
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