Pleione 2013

[Graham Catlow]

Graham,
try not to be too disappointed. This is still a lovely plant, the yellow ones are quite rare and this particular clone has a good deep colour. Imagine how it will brighten your home when you have a dozen flowers of it in a bowl. - It's just not what it says on the tin, but pretty all the same. I've just gone and corrected all the labels to P. Shantung.

Hi Maren,
You are of course correct it is a lovely plant and maybe I will find a place for it at least until the real thing presents itself.
I hope you didn't have too many that you had to change labels on.
I will be contacting the seller to see what they have to say.

[ThomasB]

Having read the previous posts about Pleione x confusa it seems my newly purchased plant (this very winter) might have an identity crisis as well. I bought it as Pln. x confusa 'Golden Gate' - what do you think?

Another new purchase is Pln. aurita x coronaria. I do like the coronaria influence on the lip.

[Maren]

Hi Thomas,

I also bought some 'Golden Gate' at the London Orchid Show. Ian did not think it looked anything like the P. x confusa he knows. Consider the parentage:

P. x confusa = albiflora x forrestii
P. Shantung = x confusa x formosana.

In P. Shantung you would expect the influence of P. albiflora and P. forrestii diluted by the more vigorous P. formosana, which results in the larger flower and the more elongated petals and sepals. - From what I've seen so far, we are all enjoying some elongated sepals and petals and large flowers.

[karel_t]

Hi Thomas, P. aurita x P. coronaria has been registered this year by G. Bergel as Pleione Nyiarongo.
K.

[Maren]

Got a new home for my baby pleiones. It's on my allotment and they will keep company with tomatoes and sweet peppers.
 
The palm is an oil palm, therefore quite appropriate for an allotment.

[Nova]

That's great Maren!
I just wonder how long it will take before the Pleiones oust the tomatoes and sweet peppers 


The last Pleiones in bloom are Ganymede with a stunning coloured lip and scopulorum 'Selene', the latter as pretty as the Greek moon-goddess.

[Slug Killer]

Hi Thomas, P. aurita x P. coronaria has been registered this year by G. Bergel as Pleione Nyiarongo.
K.

Ian B also made this cross before but never bothered to register it as he thought it was nothing special. I quite like it.

Different clone can be seen on my website, can't access pictures to post as I'm away in Asia in the sun.

[Alex]

Khadija, wow, amazing to see Selene in flower like this! Did you get it from Jan Moors? I have one small bulbil from him after a couple of years of waiting, but of course scopulorum doesn't bulk up too quickly....

It's a beautiful plant, anyway. I wonder whether we'll ever be able to grow the yellow forms as well?

Alex

[Nova]

Thank you Alex!
The Selene is from Jan Moors, and yes unfortunately scopulorum doesn't bulk up fast.
I do hope I will be able to witness the day the yellow form becomes available.

[sottych]

Hello everybody
Khadija your Selene is very beautiful give me a adress of Jan Moors please !
My scopulorum is in bloom with x taliensis here :

Christian

[LarsB]

Jan Moors have a website for pleione at http://www.albiflora.be

[Maren]

What a lovely time of year for pleione growers. Even if one sometimes runs out of space and has to go 'upstairs'.

[gregork]

wow amazing! they seem to like it very much in your glasshouse
what is the temperature inside?

[Maren]

Gregork, it got rather hot today (28 degrees C), although the roof and side vents are completely open and I have taken the glass out of the front and back door. A good spraying with water, also on the floor, soon got the temperatures down by 6 degrees, but they now have to be watered every day. I think I shall apply another layer of white paint on the glass.

Sadly this will be the shortest flowering season I have experienced. First nothing, then everything all at once. I have a couple more shows at the end of the month and I shall be struggling to have enough fresh pleiones. Maybe I put some outside to hold them back a bit.

[gregork]

yes i can see. All in flower at once. The winter was terrible this year. But it looks very nice
I also moved my Pleiones from a window sill to a balcony. There is about 15-20°C and they seem to like it there.

i am sure you will have enough fresh Pleiones for your shows. we want to see more pictures

Gregor