Pleione 2013

[goofy]

hello friends,

I dont have so many Pleiones,
but this is one of my several Pl. maculata.
I grow them under lights all year long.

Pleione maculata


enjoy

[gregork]

Gorgeous Goofy! Very good growing

[Sempervivum]

Currently flowering with me: P. Lassen Peak and P. praecox 'Berggarten'.


2013-10-11_Pleione_Lassen_Peak


2013-10-11_Pleione_praecox_Berggarten

From both I have recorded timelapse movies:
http://www.ulrichbangert.de/orchid/zeitraffer.php?Idx=2
http://www.ulrichbangert.de/orchid/zeitraffer.php?Idx=3

If one video doesn't play smoothly then press the pause button and wait until the video is loaded. Then continue.

And I've made a puzzle of each:
http://www.ulrichbangert.de/orchid/puzzle.php?Idx=14#anker
http://www.ulrichbangert.de/orchid/puzzle.php?Idx=15#anker

Viele Grüße - Ulrich

(Inline expandable thumbnails don't work?)

[Maggi Young]

(Inline expandable thumbnails don't work?)

Hallo, Ulrich, if you click "modify" to  look at your post you will see how I added the  Inline expandable thumbnails to your post .

Best wishes,
 Maggi

[Sempervivum]

Thanks Maggi! When I tried it, the tags were inserted in the same way but the tumbnails were not visible in the preview

[Maggi Young]

 The pictures are  not visible in preview, Ulrich.  Perhaps when you did not see them you then removed the tags and so the photos jst went to the end?

 I love your time-lapse films - and playing with your puzzles too - a good test of what one has seen.

[Sempervivum]

Yes, when I didn't see the thumbnails in the preview I removed the tags and switched back to "End-of-post expandable thumbnails". Next time I'll try again.

[Peter Maguire]

Wonderful time-lapse films Ulrich.
I watched the Phalaenopsis one also: was that something like a mealy bug waving from the junction of the flower bud stalk? And what were the little white dots that moved around on the stem I wonder?

[Maren]

Lovely time lapse, now I must get my broadband upgraded so that it does not revert to real time.

[Danshi]

Goofy, your maculatas look quite happy. What kind of lights are you using?

And another beautiful timelapse, Ulrich!

I have a question about Pleione scopulorum, which I'm growing for the first time this year: I know it needs a little moisture in winter to do well. Is it enough to put the bulbs into some slightly damp sphagnum while storing them in the fridge with my other Pleiones or should the roots stay intact over winter?
By the way, I assume that all species with bulbs growing underground (yunnanensis, bulbocodioides) would benefit from not drying out completely in winter.

[Sempervivum]

Hallo Peter,
yes, you have seen the right: There are mealybugs on that orchid. In the german forums they have already pointed that out to me. Can't get rid of those beasts! Fortunately my Pleiones are not affected.

[Nova]

Love your praecox 'Berggarten' Ulrich!

I have been told my praecox is a type from Northern Thailand / Burma.
Definitely a pretty one

[Sempervivum]

Hallo Khadija,
fine that you like my praecox. Yours is also a pretty one indeed. Thanks for posting.

[SteveC2]

Pleione tibeticum,anyone aware of this.

[gregork]

Never heard of it before. Species or hybrid? How does it look like?

Gregor