Pleione 2012

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Ian has quite high standards... 

[Sarmienta]

I have only 2 bulbs of P scopulorum,but they don,t look the same .Is this " normal "

[Alex]

Hi Sarmienta,

Yes! All well within the range of P. scopulorum to my eye. Personally, I prefer the forms with the shorter, broader lip like the paler of the two you illustrate.

Alex

[Sarmienta]

Thanks Alex i love both forms.
 on the picture another ?  specie i have from china

[Brian]

Ian has quite high standards... 

Almost correct Luc ... just leave out the word quite !!! Today Ian has won yet another Gold Medal at The Malvern Show.  Here are some images of his stand and the last one is of a particularly fine example of Santorini 'Yellow Wagtail'.

[Alex]

Sarmienta, that one's P x barbarae.

Great display from Ian.

Alex

[Slug Killer]

Thanks for showing Ian's stand. Not hard to see why he wins so many times.

Pleione Alde Saran and a nice form of Pleione x barbarae

[Maggi Young]

Almost correct Luc ... just leave out the word quite !!! Today Ian has won yet another Gold Medal at The Malvern Show.  Here are some images of his stand and the last one is of a particularly fine example of Santorini 'Yellow Wagtail'.

 No surprise for that Gold Award! Thanks for the super photos, Brian.

[Graham Catlow]

A well deserved gold medal indeed!
I will just have to be satisfied with my smaller efforts.

I saw a display like that many years ago but I can't remember where it was Try as I might I can't remember a show at this time of the year that would have had so many Pleione's. Unless it was Harrogate, but it must have been 25 or so years ago. Perhaps subconsciously thats where I first got my interest in Pleione's.

[Pete Clarke]

My last Edgecombe to flower and my favourite.
My camera wanted to show it more reddish. It is a rich yellow lip & peachy petals.

[Maren]

Hi Brian,

great pictures of Ian's display. And it was nice to meet you if you are who I think you are.

[Alex]

Pleione coronaria today, originally received via a helpful forumist about three and a half years ago.

Alex

[ThomasB]

Still some Pleiones flowering:

P. aurita

P. x barbarae

[ThomasB]

P. Erebus 'Redpoll'

P. Kima (chunii x aurita)

[ThomasB]

This one is labeled P. bulbocodioides but it resembles P. limprichtii. What do you think?
There must be at least two clones (or two different species) within the pot as i remember a totally different one (wide open flowers with thin sepals and petals) flowering two years ago.