PLEIONE 2011

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Flowering with me for the first time (had it for two years..)

Pleione Wharfedale "Pine Warbler"

[Graham Catlow]

Really nice Luc
Well worth the wait. Is it bulking up!

[Luc Gilgemyn]

2 fat bulbils Graham - I hope to get them going next season ! 

[alpinelover]

Flowering with me for the first time (had it for two years..)

Pleione Wharfedale "Pine Warbler"

I think i saw this one before  , very nice one.

[Paul Cumbleton]

Wharfedale 'Pine Warbler' is certainly the most beautiful of the winter-flowering hybrids. I find it bulks up really well and I have a good stock so I will offer this on my list of spare bulbs for sale when I issue it sometime this coming summer. I know many of you are already on my mailing list but anyone who is not and who wants the list when it comes out, just send me a private message and I'll add you to my mailing list.

Paul

[angie]

Now that makes me happy, bulks up, good stock and will have spare in the summer.
Roll on summer. 

Angie

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hello,
I've just received some pleione bulbils ( very thin ) from the seed exchange; That's the very first time. Could you tell me the way I should plant them, and the after care. Do they have to be planted quickly? How long will it take to lead them to flowering size? ( they are VERY thin )
Many thanks
J-P

[Maren]

Hello Jean-Patrick,

there are many ways of growing bulbils. This is what I do:

• prepare a shallow pot or seed tray, make sure it is clean
• prepare the compost consisting of 1 part fine bark (sifted to remove the dust) and 1 part sphagnum moss (chopped into pieces about 3cm long)
• mix the compost and put it in the container
• water the compost so that it is moist but not dripping wet
• put the bulbils in the compost, not too deep
• place in a light position no less than +3 Celsius
• make sure the compost does not dry out
• in the summer, feed very weakly
• in the autumn, store like your other pleiones.

About timing, I would plant them in February. Depending on what they are, they can take from 3 to 12 years to flower.

Good luck.

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Thank you very much Maren
J-P

[Kevin]

Hi there,

A month or so ago I was lucky enough to buy one of the limited number of Pleione Wharfedale "Pine Warbler" p.bulbs on sale at Rare Plants. It was in bud so I potted it up and crossed my fingers, resisting the urge to put it outside and waited.

I thought that I'd share mine here too. I hope that this works.....



I know that these start growing earlier than most Pleione, but do they also start rooting earlier too? I'm asuming that they do.

Regards, Kevin

[Kevin]

OK so that didn't work...... here's another atempt......

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi Kevin,
Yes, they do start rooting earlier too and this is generally true of all the autumn and winter flowering Pleione. For this reason it is a good idea to repot all these types in early autumn before the buds are too advanced and new roots start forming.

Cheers

Paul

[Maren]

Hi,

Pln Tsingtau, an old hybrid made from Pln humilis x Pln praecox by H. Pinkepank in 1985. Still lovely, elegant flowers with the humilis parentage visible in the keels. It usually carries 2 to 4 flowers per smallish pseudobulb. This one has been flowering since the New Year in cool conditions (min 5°C). It will probably last another three weeks. But it is slow to multiply for me, more's the pity.

Please forgive my clumsy attempt to turn a black pot into a bowl. It was done to give the flowers more prominence. Must practice.

[Hristo]

Certainly elegant Maren, pot? can't see the pot for the Pleiones!

[ThomasB]

Maren, that 'Tsingtau' is such a beauty - I'm definitely in love!