Pleione Spring 2010..... to July!

[Slug Killer]

Hi Pete

That is a nice Glacier Peak. The Zeus Weinstein are now all open and the others I got from you are not far behind.

David

[Maren]

Maren,
Here is one of my Glacier Peaks flowering now. Mine are from seedlings given to me by Kath. She quoted the cross as using formosana "Cairngorm." 
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Hi Peter, thank you for mentioning 'Cairngorm'. Now I understand why the cross looks like this.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful show Dave, Pete and Eric !!
So many beauties still to look out for..   

[Ramsis]

Hi Ramsis .. Certainly at first sight, this does look like x Barbarae, but looking closer at the bulb and considering the actual flower is much paler than shown, it could be Limprichtii. I wonder if the bulb is fairly small and flask- shaped ? If it is I would say Limprichtii but a larger and plumper bulb would indicate x Barbarae

Ok... now I know that I have P. x barbarae, the bulb is large and plump, besides today bloomed
 Pleione limprichtii, the flower of limprichtii,  is much more smaller than the  P. x barbarae.

[Slug Killer]

I could do with the cat, caught over 20 mice in my greenhouse since Christmas.

[Eric Locke]

I could do with the cat, caught over 20 mice in my greenhouse since Christmas.

They certainly do like a nice Pleione bulb to eat or scatter far and wide.                                          I find any Pans left at low level are sure to be attacked  

Eric

[Pete Clarke]

I could do with the cat, caught over 20 mice in my greenhouse since Christmas.

And me - mice had also caused me problems before I realised they were getting into the greenhouse and they went for my Edgecumbes - grrr. They ate all the growth buds, so no flowers this year (& one bulb subsequently rotted!!!) They have picked up & moved bulbs around to, I have a grandiflora flowering in a Ueli Wackernagel pot. (They also ate every Rhodohypoxis bulb I had.)
Pete.

[Slug Killer]

Did not see any damage but noticed potted dormant bulbs that were sitting upright were now on their sides. Caught six the first night I put some traps out.

Rob, on a previous post you asked about utilising space below, put some traps down if you do.

David

[Slug Killer]

A couple more today. P. Marion Johnson is much darker than this with deeper orange colours. Will try and get a better picture under different light.

Pleione Marion Johnson
Pleione Guenter (new hybrid registered last year).

[Slug Killer]

White balance was set to auto and got it wrong. The difference can be seen with the new photo of P. Marion Johnson as compared to the one above. Will retake Guenter again tomorrow as these look wrong to me now as well.

P. Marion Johnson
P. formosana Claire
P. Shantung Gerry Mundey

[Eric Locke]

Nice photos Dave.
Your two photos of Marion Johnson show well how different conditions and light levels can alter the colours and change the look of our plants completely. For this reason I always now, manually alter the White Balance to achieve the nearest likeness possible. Another tip is to avoid any direct sunlight on the plant.

Eric

[Slug Killer]

Hi Eric

I bought a grey card for this purpose from Jessops but thought the conditions seemed the same as before but was obviously very wrong as the images show.

A couple more.

P. formosana Cairngorm
P. Kilauea Hoopoe (new one for me and I like it a lot).
P. Guenter (again with correct white balance)

[Eric Locke]

Dave
First time I have seen Hoopoe and it looks super.
Not seen Guenter before either and wonder what it"s parentage is ?

Mice like Bletilla too !!!!! Scattered everywhere. 


Eric

[Slug Killer]

Eric/Others

Paul Cumbletons website is updated now with last years new hybrids.

P. Guenter  (Pln. bulbocodioides x Pln. Eiger) 
G. Bergel  2009

Alternatively -   http://apps.rhs.org.uk/horticulturaldatabase/orchidregister/

David

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Great plants and wonderful pix Dave - Pl. kilauea "Hoopoe" is new to me too and it's a real beauty !!

Here's some flowering with me today :

1) Pl. Marion Johnson (very similar to yours I think, Dave)
2) Pl santorini "Yellow Wagtail" - produced a double flower ! 
3) Pl kenya "Bald Eagle" - quite a small flower but excellent colour.