Pleione early 2009.

[ranunculus]

Hi Tim,
I would imagine EVERYONE within striking distance will be at Chesterfield AND at the pub for a nice 'quiet' lunch!   

[Diane Clement]

'quiet' lunch! 

never experienced one of those myself ...      

[Eric Locke]

Tim

Your Edgecombe is very nice. Considering this hybrid was first registered in 1996 it is still not generally available.  Is it rather slow to increase ?
 I do intend to do my own cross of Edgecombe this spring.

Eric

[Tim Harberd]

Hi Eric,
   Checking back, my stock has taken 5 years to double.
 
   So if the original registration was from a single flower, there might be six flowers in that pan this year!

             As you observe, that probably accounts for it lack of availability!!

Tim DH

[Paul Cumbleton]

As well as slow to multiply, I find Edgecombe is particularly susceptible to the 'Black Pit' fungus (Colletotrichum), which is another reason it is not readily available. It is such a shame as this cross has produced some of the most fantastic and unusual colours we have yet seen in Pleione breeding

Paul

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Edgecombe is a real stunner Tim !! 

Paul,
How do you treat "black pit" fungus   Do you have any photographs of how it looks ??

[Maggi Young]

Rob & Peter - I have a large proportion of Rakata clones & Zeus Weinstein having twin flowering shoots. However I have never had 3. (What is the most anybody has had or known of?)

Pl. grandiflora.
Zeus Weinstein.

There followed some pix of multiflowered types ...... there are some on this page from last year, too...
http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1186.msg41379#msg41379

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pleione can be quite unpredictable can't they Maggi ! 

Here's some more from me :

1) P. Betty Arnold - a new one for me - the colour is more orange than the picture shows... - I love it !
2) P. shantung 'Ducat'
3) P. alishan 'Mount Fuji'
4) P. pleionoides (bought as P. speciosa in the previous century...  )

[Eric Locke]

Hi Luc

Betty Arnold looks nice and I must remember this for next years order.
With regard to "Black pit" you were asking about earlier. My method is to cut out the infected area  with a scalpel dipped in medical quality Methylated spirit and fill the wound with sulpher. I find this works well, when needed.
My collection suffers very little from fungal problems as I dip all bulbs yearly in a strong fungiside solution prior to re-potting.

Eric

[Eric Locke]

Some more pix taken today.

Shantung "Golden Plover"
Shantung  "Candyfloss"
 Whakari

Eric

[johanneshoeller]

One of the first Pleiones.
forrestii, a Butterfield hybrid (should be Ranier?), Locking Stumps.

[Slug Killer]

A few of my first to flower this year.
Bandai San
Brigadoon
Gerry Mundey
2 different Grandiflora

[Slug Killer]

A few More

Another Grandiflora
Hekla
Shantung Ducat

[PJ]

Hi Maggi

Thanks for the link to last year’s multi flowered plants.
 
I have always had some plants with two flowers per stem but this year I am having more than usual and on plants I have only ever had single flowers.
 
The first photo must be an Australian Zeus with an upside down lips
Zeus Weinstein.
Marion Johnson cut from a larger photo.. the lip markings do not show up well in this photo.
Whakari. Photo taken outside the greenhouse.
Marion Johnson, Leda & Britannia.

Peter

[Mark Griffiths]

A few more from me, P. Captain Hook (one of my favourites) , P. Rakata "Locking Stumps", P. Piton, P. soufriere.