PLEIONE 2011

[Luc Gilgemyn]

My first  is this X lagenaria. Three flower on one of the shoots. Crammed, but quite pretty.



Kind regards

Lars

"Pretty" is an understatement Lars !! 

[LarsB]

I've never seen it offered for sale, but my best bet would be a German seller. The guy i got mine from was, like me, not really aware of the debate, and rarety of X lagenaria. Later, when i realised that it was quite rare, i checked with him and he'd had his before Confirmation was created. So i'm pretty confident that it is actually X lagenaria.

When i first began growing orchids my father gave me a book. It was probably the only book you could find in a Danish bookshop 30 years ago, a transtaled book by a German called Rusy. There were a lot of beautiful pictures in that book, including one of X lageriana and it might just be the reason that i like it as the image stuck.  The flower is much more beutiful i real life. Looking akc it is strange that he used just that picture to illustrate Pleione.

[karel_t]

Nice x lagenaria Lars. I'll have mine in flower in several weeks 
However, last week I've started this autumn flowering season with P. praecox .
K.

[LarsB]

Beautiful. i'm already looking forward to praecox, but the earliest one is still at least a week away. Fortunately i still have X lagenaria and saxicola to look at.

[Graham Catlow]

Persistance has finally paid off. I have finally managed to get a Pleione maculata to flower.
It was certainly worth the wait particularly at this time of year.

[Maggi Young]

That's a pleione I really like... so distinctive.

[Sarmienta]

Nice work Graham.......... mine did not flower this year

Wim

[Alex]

A couple from me: P. maculata, P. X lagenaria and a group picture showing how I grow them on a heated propagator tray. P. praecox in bud but a few weeks off, strange reversal in flowering times.

Alex

[JPB]

I notice that most of the P. maculata and P. praecox flower while the leaves are still there. I recall that they normally flower after the leaves have shed..at least mine do. Can anyone comment on this?

BTW, very beautiful pictures this autumn!

Hans

[LarsB]

Beautiful pictures, Graham and Alex. Seeing the pictures I look forward to maculata flowering.

My praecox has lost the leaves as it usually do before flowering. My maculatas still have their leaves, but are not as close to flowering as praecox. I suddenly can't remember if they have flowered without leaves every time, but i think they have. x lagenaria usually drop the leaves while flowering, adding to the display as the leaves turns red.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Persistance has finally paid off. I have finally managed to get a Pleione maculata to flower.
It was certainly worth the wait particularly at this time of year.

Well done Graham and Alex !!  Excellent flowers !

[Slug Killer]

I notice that most of the P. maculata and P. praecox flower while the leaves are still there. I recall that they normally flower after the leaves have shed..at least mine do. Can anyone comment on this?

BTW, very beautiful pictures this autumn!

Hans

They can flower before or after leaves have dropped but nine times out of ten it's after (with me at least). I think there were a couple of colder than normal nights during the summer which triggered them off. Only happened with my Chinese praecox though and not my Thai praecox.

Thai praecox

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Wonderful praecox David !!!  Superb ! 

[Graham Catlow]

David, I agree with Luc, they are really wonderful
Graham

[JPB]

I notice that most of the P. maculata and P. praecox flower while the leaves are still there. I recall that they normally flower after the leaves have shed..at least mine do. Can anyone comment on this?

BTW, very beautiful pictures this autumn!

Hans

They can flower before or after leaves have dropped but nine times out of ten it's after (with me at least). I think there were a couple of colder than normal nights during the summer which triggered them off. Only happened with my Chinese praecox though and not my Thai praecox.

Thai praecox

David, that makes sense. My praecox started budding when still in leaf, which is ealier than normal. We had a very cold (and wet )summer here with temperatures dropping to 7C during July and August.