Pleione 2013

[erf]

Damn weather, sorry my language. But will this snow ever end. Just returned from a holyday in Iceland, and there the weather was mild and sunny compared with Denmark 
To keep warm and mental fit, pleione flowering may do the trick. This is deffenetly a show off, but this is picture from this spring.

Regards Erling


    Pleione Alishan 'Merlin' (3)
    Pleione Bromo (4)
    Pleione bulbocodioides GJ 1346 (3)
    Pleione Eiger (2)
    Pleione Eiger -Snowflake

[erf]

And a few more

    Pleione El Pico Pheasant (3)
    Pleione Gerry Mundey
    Pleione Gläcier Peak (3)
    Pleione grandiflora Crustacare (4).
    Pleione Kilauea Hoopoe (3)

[erf]

and the last five

    Pleione Mandalay Purple Rain (3)
    Pleione Marimonda (3)
    Pleione Orizaba Grass Owl (2)
    Pleione Shantung 'Silver Anniversary' (4)
    Pleione Whakari (2)

 (edits by maggi to add photo names to text)

[Botanica]

Hello

The first flower of pleione of 2013.



Next flower must coming soon (They are pleione formosana)

[ThomasB]

Some gorgeous flowers you are showing, Erling! 

Orizaba 'Grass Owl', Marimonda and Kilauea 'Hoopoe' are particularly nice. May I ask where you got that Kilauea clone from?

Regards Thomas

[erf]

Hello ThomsB
The Pleione Kilauea Hoopoe I bought on Ebay from Koolplants. It is a very nice clone.
Regards Erling

[Hakone]

Pleion aurita

[erf]

Hello Hakone
Pln. aurita is one of my favorits, both as a speices and when used in hybrids. Nice photo.
Regards erling

[Nova]

Damn weather, sorry my language. But will this snow ever end. Just returned from a holyday in Iceland, and there the weather was mild and sunny compared with Denmark 
To keep warm and mental fit, pleione flowering may do the trick.

I second your emotion Earling 
The flowers do give a sense of spring, hope weather will change for the better soon.

At the moment Britannia 'Doreen', formosana 'Snow Bunting' and Captain Hook are flowering in my unheated bedroom.

[DaveP]

I didn't get around to taking pics of the first Pleiones when they were open, but here a few of the current ones:
P. Rakata 'Locking Stumps'


P. Stromboli 'Fireball'


P. Jorullo

[erf]

Very nice flowers Khadija and DaveP
I specialy like Pln. Captain Hook and Pln. Stromboli 'Fireball'. Thanks for sharing.

Pleione Muriel started flowering here.
Erling

[monocotman]

A couple of pans of 'classic' standard hybrids.
Had to bring the plants indoors to get the flower buds to extend.
The rest in the cold greenhouse are sat doing nothing in this
**** spring weather.
It won't do anything for the longevity of the individual flowers
but at least I get to see them before May.

David

[Maren]

You can say that again, monocotman, doing nothing is just about it. I am biting my fingernails about the London Orchid show next week. will they or won't they flower? I used to do this when the show was in March, but we are a month later now and our plants are far behind. Fingers crossed !

[Luc Gilgemyn]

A couple of pans of 'classic' standard hybrids.
Had to bring the plants indoors to get the flower buds to extend.
The rest in the cold greenhouse are sat doing nothing in this
**** spring weather.
It won't do anything for the longevity of the individual flowers
but at least I get to see them before May.

David

Good looking pots, David !

[monocotman]

Maren,

can you try taking some pots home?
As long as they don't get any sun and you don't use plants
with small bulbs (too much stress) then it may work!
The weather is supposed to change  this weekend but will that give you enough time?
I reckon from buds just starting to grow to open flowers is around two weeks.
I have mine on the floor of the kitchen diner (coolest place) in front of the north facing patio windows,

regards,

David