Pleione 2012

[Maren]

Hi David,

is that Pleione Majeik 'Black Kite'? mine did much the same and I found it difficult to photograph.

[Slug Killer]

Hi David,

is that Pleione Majeik 'Black Kite'? mine did much the same and I found it difficult to photograph.

Maren it probably is. It was a gift with my order and if I pull the label out of the pot it will more than likely say 'kite' at the end. To be honest I only pulled it half way and forgot about the rest 

It's sort of been stuck in that position for 3 days and just does not want to open any further.

[Slug Killer]

Pleione Marion Johnson and some very early Pleione chunii which came from Paul Cumbleton. My own Pln. chunii flower much later and are yet to show any signs of movement.

[Jonny_SE]

I  got a couple of Pleione forrestii and Pleione aurita ...Both in flowering size...i'm not specaly good with them...anyone that want to trade them  with anything?...Jonny

[Sarmienta]

Flowering now .......p aurita ,P scopulorum and ??

[arisaema]

and ??

P. yunnanensis.

[karel_t]

and ??

P. yunnanensis.

That's really not P. yunnanensis. I think it could be P. bulbocodioides.

[arisaema]

That's really not P. yunnanensis. I think it could be P. bulbocodioides.

I'm almost positive it's P. yunnanensis, but a picture from behind should settle it.

[karel_t]

Sorry Aririsaema to disappoint you, however your "yunnanensis" is a typical P. bulbocodioides.
K.

[arisaema]

Sorry Aririsaema to disappoint you, however your "yunnanensis" is a typical P. bulbocodioides.

...and I'm sorry to tell you that you're very much mistaken, I can bet my entire collection on that being P. yunnanensis! not being P. bulbocodioides! (Sorry, chickened out!  )The pseudobulbs on the plant pictured above are typical, as is the lenght of the pedicels. It's a very wide-spread species, so there's bound to be some variation.

[Slug Killer]

Be careful what you bet as they look like Pleione bulbocodioides to me.

Typical Pleione yunnanensis.

[arisaema]

Haha, I guess I should have written "not P. bulbocodioides" They definitely aren't that species, the lenght of the pedicels and shape of the pseudobulbs is identical to that of typical P. yunnanensis... Only other possibility would be P. x taliensis?

[Slug Killer]

If you have a look on Paul's Pleione website gallery and click more under bulbocodioides you can see two forms, one with peduncle similar to yunnanensis.

Could be x taliensis.

Bulbocodioides bulbs can look very similar to Pleione yunnanensis. How many lamellae do your plants have?

[karel_t]

David is right. Bulbocodioides bulbs sometimes look very similar to yunnanensis.
Here is true P. x taliensis.

[Slug Killer]

Another new one for me from Paul Cumbleton.

Pleione Marimonda (Pln. aurita x Pln. albiflora)