Pleione Spring 2010..... to July!

[ThomasB]

So many beauties but I think I'm definitely in love with Pleione 'Burrator'. I do like the Pln. coronaria crosses and it's good to see this species here.

Here are flowering Pleione Erebus 'Redpoll' , 'Vesuvius' and a Pleione aurita which shows the origin of it's name as the petals curve backwards like ears (rabbit ears). 

[johanneshoeller]

Some x barbarae

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Boy, oh boy, what a show everyone !! Sumptuous flowers !

My season is quietely nearing it's end...  ..; but I have still some flowering to look out for 

1 & 2) Pleione asama
3) Pleione bulbocodioides
4) Pl. limprichtii
5) Pl. paricutin
6) Pl. stromboli 'Fireball'
7) Pl. volcanello 'Honey buzzard'
Pl. x barbarae

[karel_t]

Hans - amazing different clones of x barbarae. 

4 plants from today:

P. Leda
P. Leda
P. Salek 'Eagle Owl'
P. formosana 'Snow Bunting'
K.

[Graham Catlow]

You all have such large collections and some amazing hybrids.
My collection continues at a very slow pace.

Only the second to flower is P. limpritchii

Graham

[Pieter]

Hey Graham

That is a nice potfull. It has a verry natural feel with the moss covering the soil and the pot. Beauty!

About the large collections. It all starts little and there is always room for more when it comes to Pleione. 

Greetings

Pieter

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Pieter,
Many thanks for your kind comments. The pot was was prepared in the Autumn of 2008 and the moss allowed to grow through the Autumn and Winter. The Pleione were inserted through the moss in the Spring of 2009 and grown on until their dormancy. They remained in place over the winter in a frost free place and this is the result this year.

I too, was in danger of collecting everything that I could get my hands on, but a few years ago I decided I didn't have the space so I now concentrate on species with the exception of P. 'Fuego'.

Graham

[Slug Killer]

A few more,

P. formosana 'Lucy Diamond'
P. Orinoco Gemini
P. Askia 1
P. Askia 2
P. Taal Red Tailed Hawk
P. Tongariro

[ThomasB]

In flower today are a big one and a small one:

Marco Polo and Pleione hookeriana - this one's really early.

[Alex]

First P. hookeriana today - I thought this was a great form, particularly wide lip and nice spots on the petals, which hopefully can be aomewhat appreciated in these pics.

Alex

[Pascal B]

Can anyone tell me what the geographic origins are of some of these compact clones of Pleione hookeriana? They are quite different from the ones I have seen in Nepal which have longer sepals and petals and a longer, less rounded lip. Would the above pictured plants be typical for the Chinese forms of this species?

[ThomasB]

Hello Pascal,

just a guess but maybe the Pleione hookeriana you refer to are Pleione hookeriana var. sinensis (P. chunii)?
These do look quite different and could well be treated as separate species I think.

[Pascal B]

Hi Thomas,

I am referring to the plants on the above pictures like yours but particularly the one from Alex. The petals and sepals seem so short in comparison to the size of the lip making it very "compact" flowers. The lip also seems open and doesn't form a tube first. Underneath an example of a Nepalese form

[ThomasB]

I see what you mean and the flowers in 'The Genus Pleione' look more like your flower with longer petals and sepals giving a rather star-like appearance. I guess that's because Pleione hookeriana is really widespread and therefore differs a bit in how the flowers look like.

[Pascal B]

Thomas,

When I look at the pictures of chunii it looks closer to the Nepalese form than the ones from Alex and you. Usually species with a wide distribution show a trend from one extreme to the other and I was just curious to know if these compact forms are examples of the Eastern variation. By the way, if people want to see why this species indeed likes to grow in moss, at least the Nepalese form does grow like that.... The picture was taken mid May and they were growing in a moss layer on a big Rhododendron arboreum. At the time of flowering the moss was only slighty damp.