Pleione 2013

[Maren]

David,
thanks for the suggestion, but we are talking about 500 + plants, some for display and some for sale. I have cranked up the heating in the nursery to ensure a minimum temperature of not below 5°C. But pleiones don't like to be forced. Today temperatures climbed to in excess of 30°C, just crazy, I had to rush over and tear open all the windows.

The problem is lack of light. The few days of sunshine we had have brought them forward very nicely. I keep talking to them nicely......

[Hakone]

Hello

How can I distinguish pln  x confusa from  pln shantung ducat ?. Are there criteria ?

Regards

[karel_t]

Hi Hakone,
They can seem very similar, however there is a difference in the lip marking and shape of flower.
Compare the pictures below.
K.

[Hakone]

Hi Karel ,
Thank you very much . Pln  X confusa or pln Shantung Ducat ?

[Pete Clarke]

Sifaka is the first of my pleiones to flower. Here are various forms.
Unfortunately my camera does not show the true golden yellowness of the yellow forms, but exaggerates the background red hues.

[karel_t]

Pln  X confusa or pln Shantung Ducat ?

Definitely P. x confusa 'Golden Gate' - the best selection of P. x confusa 

[sottych]

hello here my pleione in bloom
P. formosana 'Lucy Diamond'
P. Lascar 'Purple Finch'
P. Mandaley 'Purple Rain'
P. Mandaley 'Strawberry Fields'
P. Orizaba 'Fish  Eagle'

[sottych]

and
P. Santa Maria 'Nightjar'  my must
P. Shantung 'Gerry Mundey'
P. spéciosa
P. spéciosa Red Leaf x P. forrestii  it's very beautiful with a lip very red
P. stromboli

[sottych]

and for the end ,
P. Volcanello
P. Tongariro group

Cordialy
Christian

[gregork]

hello everyone!

i am new to this forum and i am also a huge Pleione lover

i bought my first pleione a few years ago and didn't know much about them. well i didnt know nothing to tell the truth. 
but they did flower well until the last year. All that was left were  few small bulbs and bulbils and this year didn't flower at all. I dont know where went wrong 

anyway i bought 2 pleiones this year from a UK nursery and was a little dissapointed. my p. humillis is not giving any sign of live. i guess i have to learn from my mistakes where to buy.

since i've been studying and learning and searching on the internet  all the time for the past few weeks, i've learned a lot, and i also discovered this forum, and i am happy for that. i hope you could help me with some tips and informations.

i was searching for a good book and found The Genus Pleione -Second Edition by Phillip Cribb and Ian Butterfield... and as i read this is like a Pleione bible... i want to buy it but just dont know where. also the shipping can be a problem since i am not from UK and it can be very expensive. i hope you can help me with that

 i am also  posting a picture of my pleione from last year. i think they are P. formosana but i am not sure. hope you can help me with this one too   (sorry for the bad photo quality)

best regards
Gregor

[Graham Catlow]

Welcome to the forum Gregor.

I am more of an enthusiast than an expert so I guide you to three web sites that I consider have expert advice for you.

http://www.koolplants.co.uk/
http://www.pleione.info/
http://www.heritageorchids.co.uk/

I suspect its your growing medium that's at fault with your poor results so take a look at what the three web sites suggest.

I wouldn't worry about your P. humilis yet. If it hasn't flowered it may not have been the right age to do so and with me they flower early and then put the growth on much later. Having said that its not one I have mastered yet.

I'm sure you will enjoy the forum and gain much knowledge.

[Maggi Young]

Hello Gregor, welcome to the Forum!

I think Graham has given you some good suggestions to follow those links.

I wonder if you might have overwatered  your plants before the roots were fully developed?

[gregork]

Hello

thank you Graham for the advices and suggested sites. I'vse allready checked some of them before and yes i found a lot of usefull informations there!

yes it could be the potting media, i know i didn't wattered them when they were dormant but maybe my mother did. so yes,  you might be right as well Maggi.
 i am happy that at least some of them are alive and are now growing new leaves but it would be nice to se some flowers to! well i hope for the next year

about my P humilis... i hope you are right and that it will produce some leaves later.. i will wait, there is not much i can do now. the bulb looks healthy and good though.

And i am already enjoying the forum! just can't get enough of that pictures you're posting I hope that soon i will post some new pictures too

[Maggi Young]

I hope you will get lots of good advice here, Gregor. It's good to have you join us here.

[gregork]

Thank you so much Maggi ! i know i will !