Pleione 2013

[karel_t]

Hi Maren,
It is the great success. Congratulation!

Do you know something about parents of P. Cosmos?

[Darren]

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.

I thought your stand looked great Maren. It was nice to meet you at the show and the plants I bought from you are all now flowering beautifully.

[gregork]

Maren congrats on you silver medal! your Pleiones look stunning i have to say!  keep up the good work

best regards
Gregor

[monocotman]

Maren,

love the display and the pleiones in baskets idea.
Kenya 'bald eagle' is one of my favourites but I have variable success with it.
Some years it grows well, others not so well.
Trying to photograph deep purple pleiones like 'Achievement'
in dodgy lighting is all but impossible.
They always seem to be washed out.
A bit like trying to get the right colour on the yellow clones.

Regards,

David

[Snuffeldyret]

Congrats on the very nice display, Maren! Well done!

[Maren]

Hi,
thank you all for your kind comments, much appreciated.
A number of gardeners came and said nice things about my display, they all liked the fallen birch trees (Ian's) and the red branches pruned from my dogwood. I had been looking at it through my kitchen window all winter, thinking it would look nice against a black cloth. The arrangement fell over a few times during construction, spilling out the water I had placed in a bowl at the bottom of the pot. This was observed with great interest by other exhibitors. Finally I managed to anchor it with tightly crammed oasis foam for flower arranging and a good quantity of gravel in the bottom of the pot to weigh it down. It was worth it.

[LarsB]

Congratulations Maren. I'll see you in a few years in Chelsea 

[Maren]

Oh no you won't, Lars. Chelsea flower show is too late for my pleiones. I don't have a big enough fridge to hold them back.

[LarsB]

The way the weather develops, you won't need a fridge 

[sottych]

Very very  Beautiful Maren your show of Pleione is very nice and felicitation for your job
Christian

[erf]

Well done Maren. Congratulation on your silver medal. Very nice picture of your pleiones.
Regards Erling

[Maren]

Thank you. Actually the medal was a Silver Gilt, which is like a Silver plus or a Gold minus.

[erf]

Any way it is impressing. Wish it was me who had your pleione collection.
But maybe in 10 or 15 years time......
  regards Erling

[Slug Killer]

Hi Maren, congrats on the medal which was under difficult conditions considering the weather over the last month.

Do you know the parentage of Pleione Cosmos or is it being kept under wraps until registered?

[Maren]

Hi, regarding Pleione Cosmos or whatever it may be called eventually, I have written to Steve James and will let you know as soon as I get his reply.