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Luc Gilgemyn

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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #15 on: October 12, 2009, 08:54:36 AM »
Great show Maxime and Eric !  :o
I definitely will have to give some Autumn flowering Pleione a shot !

I just brought my Pleione inside for the Winter after they spent their Summer outside.  It gave me the chance to give them a closer look and from what is above ground level, for most of them I liked what I saw.  :D
Nice fat bulbs, lots of bulbils and a lot of them seem to have multiplied nicely.  :D
If this is confirmed at repotting time it will be another confirmation that they do a lot better in a not so hot Summer.  We hardly had any temperatures above 30°C this year (as last year) and I'm getting all the more convinced that they like that.   
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #16 on: October 19, 2009, 09:50:09 PM »
More photos of Confirmation  :)

Eric
« Last Edit: May 13, 2010, 10:14:14 PM by Eric Locke »
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #17 on: October 19, 2009, 09:58:58 PM »
That is an amazing Pleione
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #18 on: October 19, 2009, 10:01:55 PM »
Can I ask what may be a stupid question. Are these autumn flowering? Are the autumn flowerers easy to look after?
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #19 on: October 19, 2009, 10:12:12 PM »
Quote from: mark smyth on October 19, 2009, 10:01:55 PM
Can I ask what may be a stupid question. Are these autumn flowering? Are the autumn flowerers easy to look after?

Yes Mark these are Autumn flowering and the shots were taken today. ;)
This is a very easy one as it needs no extra heat at any time like eg, Praecox and Maculata do .
Although Praecox needs early heat ,this too is not difficult.
There also other Autumn flowering hybrids that are not difficult which will start to flower soon.

Eric
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #20 on: October 20, 2009, 01:09:37 AM »
Eric,

They're absolutely brilliant!! :o
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #21 on: October 20, 2009, 08:32:15 AM »
Quote from: Eric Locke on October 19, 2009, 09:50:09 PM

More photos of Confirmation  :)

Eric
A perfect potful eric !!!  8)
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #22 on: October 20, 2009, 02:29:24 PM »

Just thought I would pass on some information which might help anyone wanting to try Confirmation.

I really struggled with these for a couple of years because I thought, that as the parents were Maculata and Praecox ,they must need some early heat . I therefore tried to grow them in a similar manner to Praecox, which is leaving them in the frost-free greenhouse until late Dec/early Jan and then giving them a min temp of around 8-10deg c through the winter and spring . Surprisingly they did not like this and infact in one year refused to grow untill well into the summer and placed back in the greenhouse. These didn"t go dormant until Feb. :o
I now find they grow very well if left in the greenhouse all year with the usuall 50% moss content as used for most species and re-potted after flowering. Over the past couple of years most bulbs now have either two or three flowering shoots,with the potfull of fifteen flowers containing only seven flowering bulbs.

Eric
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #23 on: October 20, 2009, 06:24:04 PM »
Autumn is defiantely here. Praecox has jsut finsihed and maculata is now in full bloom. Pleione Wharfdale has just started.

Pleione maculata:





Pleione Wharfdale:



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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #24 on: October 20, 2009, 07:08:53 PM »

Nice Lars

My Wharfdale are several weeks behind yours and are still in growth.These have made huge bulbs of 40 - 50 cms dia this year.

Eric
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #25 on: October 20, 2009, 07:16:45 PM »
WHen i got my Wharfdale, i thought the bulbs was big. They have grown even bigger this year. There are apparently no limit to the size :) The really good thing is that the flowers also are big.

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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #26 on: October 20, 2009, 09:37:13 PM »
Quote from: LarsB on October 20, 2009, 07:16:45 PM
WHen i got my Wharfdale, i thought the bulbs was big. They have grown even bigger this year. There are apparently no limit to the size :) The really good thing is that the flowers also are big.



Lars it is amazing how large many Pleione bulbs can get if well grown.
Last year I had a Praecox which was over 50mm in dia and in the past had a similar size Rakata that weighed in at over 100 grammes. ::)

Eric
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #27 on: October 20, 2009, 10:05:26 PM »
I got Rataca in the spring and i can see that the new bulb is bigger. I'm generally better at getting many bulbs rather than big bulbs, but something i succeed in getting them big. I've grown a Fuego mounted on a mosscovered rockwool slab and it has grown very well. I'll try more plants mounted next year.
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #28 on: October 22, 2009, 12:10:38 PM »
Quote from: LarsB on October 20, 2009, 06:24:04 PM
Autumn is defiantely here. Praecox has jsut finsihed and maculata is now in full bloom. Pleione Wharfdale has just started.

Kind regards

Lars

Wow, that's gorgeous.  Lars  :D

Really enjoying this thread  :)
« Last Edit: October 23, 2009, 01:32:56 PM by Ragged Robin »
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Re: Pleione autumn 2009
« Reply #29 on: October 22, 2009, 08:25:35 PM »
Quote from: Eric Locke on October 20, 2009, 07:08:53 PM

Nice Lars

My Wharfdale are several weeks behind yours and are still in growth.These have made huge bulbs of 40 - 50 cms dia this year.

Eric

My Wharfdale just lost its leaf today - no sige of a developping bud yet though...  :-\

Gorgeous Pleione Lars !!
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