Pleione Spring 2010..... to July!

[Eric Locke]

A Lovely Alba form of Forrestii David.
I am sure we would all love one of these.

Do you find cultivation of these similar to the more normal yellow clones. ?

Eric

[Slug Killer]

Hi

This is the first year I've had Pln.forrestii alba in my collection after persuading someone to do a swap. I thought it was an FS-1 bulb as it was a bit smaller but had a nice surprise when it flowered. It is also a smaller flower than the regular yellow form. I'll take a picture of them both together a little later today and update this post. I'm very please with it myself as I like the markings, some 'alba' forrestii don't look as nice.

Picture update as promised.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Dave, P. forrestii alba is very nice.
My Pleione Shantung
only one I do not understand why blooming only one bulb, while others lost their buds...

Ramsis,
If you go through the forum you will find lots of earlier discussions about suddenly "aborting" Pleione buds - you will also see that nobody has a conclusive reason for this happening (too dry, too wet, too hot, too cold... etc...).
Better luck next time !!

[Hans J]

here some Pleione flowers from me :

Pleione 'Rakata'

I know this is not something special ....but I'm glad 

...and thanks the good informations of this forum every year more flowers

Hans

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Looking good Hans !!!

[Hans J]

Thanks Luc 

...thats beginners luck !

[Ragged Robin]

Hans, watching from the sidelines I only wonder at the skill required to grow Pleiones; so your pot full of Pleione 'Rakata' looks amazing to me 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Thanks Luc 

...thats beginners luck !

Yeah... yeah... They all say that Hans !   

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Here's some more flowering at the moment !

I bought 4 Pleione Leda this Winter - hoping to get some variation - here they are - numbered from 1 to 4.

I'm very happy with the yellow one, who even produced a double flower.
Eric, if I remember correctly, you posted one very similar last season - also with a double flower ??

Also flowering - Pl. formosana alba "Polar sun"
And last, Pl. bromo - I already posted a picture of bromo earlier on, but I wasn't happy with the colours.  This picture does more justice to the subtle colours !

[Eric Locke]

Hi Luc

Looks as though you selected well with your Leda.
No1 looks very similar to the one I posted earlier and the yellow very much like you mentioned as one I posted last year .This clone seems to always have double flowers and also multiplies well.
If you purchase four more next year the chances are that they will all be different again due to the wide variation of this suberb hybrid.

First of the Tongariro clones that opened today.

Eric

[Luc Gilgemyn]

If you purchase four more next year the chances are that they will all be different again due to the wide variation of this suberb hybrid.

Eric

I may go for 4 Krakatoa next year Eric .. 

Excellent strong coloured tongariro by the way !

[Eric Locke]

If you purchase four more next year the chances are that they will all be different again due to the wide variation of this suberb hybrid.

Eric

I may go for 4 Krakatoa next year Eric .. 

Excellent strong coloured tongariro by the way !


Luc

I purchased several Krakatoa this year as well as a few more Leda 

Eric

[JPB]

A little late, but here's P. humilis 'Bigu Gomba'. I aquired this clone from Koos Wubben and he got it from the late Jan Berg.
The pseudobulb is not "flask-shaped" and last year it did not produce the normal bunch of bulbils on top, but instead only two rather large ones (4mm diameter). Is this really a P. humilis?
Bigu Gomba (as Bigu Gompa) is a locality somewhere in the mountains of Central Nepal, as far as I could reconstruct.

More information on this particular clone is very welcome!

HAns

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Very interesting Hans !
Would you have a good front view picture ??

[JPB]

Inside lip looks like a true P. humilis. I don't see any "Leda" in it