Pleione 2013

[Roma]

Pleione forrestii

[Kevin]

What a great P.forrestii 

Nice and bright. I can't wait for mine start doing something.... anything.....!

[ThomasB]

Spring arrived finally and more Pleiones are opening their flowers. 

Brigadoon 'Stonechat'

Captain Hook

Pln. grandiflora with a fabulous yellow lip 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I agree Thomas, that grandiflora is gorgeous ! 

My Pl. captain hook is also present   
and so is Pl. shantung "Ducat" that never lets me down !

[Nova]

Superb forrestii Roma!

Your Shantung 'Ducat' is delightful luc.

I'm questioning my Shantung 'Silver Anniversary'. It's supposed to be white, but the petals are overlaid with pink. Any suggestions are welcome 
Also in bloom are Bandai-san 'Sand Grouse' and Novarupta 'Raven'.

[Alex]

A couple of P. forrestii today. The bottom one is a bit past it, but it has been out well over a month!

Alex

[sottych]

Hello

This is my Pleione in bloom ,  P. Caroli 'Cap Robin'  P. bulbocodioides  P. Mageik 'Black Kite'  P.Novarupta 'Goshawk'  P. pleionoides

[Pete Clarke]

Flowering for the first time for me is this lovely Pl. grandiflora (yellow) x (forrestii x humilis).
I have had to adjust the image though to show the true yellow that my camera cannot capture.
Pl. Rakata. The richest  & best coloured form I think, although no clonal name.

[Kevin]

A couple of Pleione flowering right now.

P.Paricutin


P.grandiflora


P.Eiger "snowflake"


Lots of Pleione movement over the last couple of weeks. It would seem that spring has finally arrived in London!
 

[monocotman]

All,

Vesuvius 'leopard' and Shantung 'Silver anniversary'.
Both grew well last year and produced big bulbs.
Flower quality has shown a great improvement.

Khalija - my silver anniversary clone looks different to yours.
The flowers are similar but much more floppy,

David

[Maren]

You are all doing so well with your pleiones, they are so advanced. Here we still have lots of plants just showing big promising buds. This made life particularly difficult for me when preparing for the RHS London Orchid Show which took place last week.

It was a nail-biting experience, but with the generous help of friends with plants, props and physical labour, I managed to cobble together a display which actually was awarded a Silver Gilt Medal, my best yet. Must work harder next year - and have a smaller display. The work knocked me out for a week.

I would post a picture but today the SRGC resizer does not want to co-operate. It does something but the result is parked on my task bar and I don't know how to retrieve it from there.

[Maggi Young]

Maren, well done for gaining a Silver -Gilt  medal.  A great reward after all your worry.

No idea what is happening with the resized photo, sorry!

[monocotman]

Maren,

glad to hear you had a successful show and your hard work paid off.
Congrats on the silver gilt.
All my pleiones are still being 'forced' in the house.
I bring them in when I see signs of growth.
Plants with large bulbs do much better than those with small.
Some of these small ones just manage to open before starting to wilt.

Pete - that is a lovely yellow hybrid.
Please treasure it  - these colours are so rare.

Regards,

David

[Maren]

Thanks, David. And Maggi, I managed to solve my resizing problem, forgot to open the icon before dragging the picture over it, silly me.
Here are some glimpses. The display was intended to show the transition from a natural woodland setting into a more formal setting with baskets.
General view x 2 followed by:
Pln Achievement, a fairly recent cross by Stephen James. The picture does not do it justice. The flowers are deep purple with a real glow about them. They are long stemmed, erect and often multi-flowered - a real success story.
Pln Britannia 'Doreen', an old favourite, the golden lip makes it stand out in every display, named after Stephen's wife.
Pln Cosmos 'Shooting Star', not yet registered, and Stephen tells me he might change its name. This one's virtue is it's enormous size, deportment and vigour, often multi-stemmed, perhaps not so outstanding in colour, in my humble opinion, but when there are lots, they do make an impact.

[Maren]

...and one more..
Pln Kenya Bald Eagle, one of Ian Butterfield's many successes.

I didn't want to disturb them so left them in their pots, but the judges thought they looked like little soldiers and marked me down on that. Must admit, I think they were right.