Pleione 2013

[Jean-Patrick AGIER]

Hi Maren,
How incredible pictures!!!
Hundreds of PLEIONE....
I only have one to show ( a real humble one...)
JP

[Tamar]

Hello.

Congratulations on blooming Pleiones each of you. You are showing the most beautiful flowers!

Maren, I have a great admiration for your collection. It is really impressive. How splendid that your work has been appreciated at the show in London!

Returning to the talking about viruses which was started before. Tests with the flower of my Pleione Zeus Weinstein were completed this week. I am very happy because my plant is healthy. No viruses were detected at all. It turned out that the strange beauty of flowers is a quality of this plant.
By the way, I found an interesting discussion about the virus: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=1186.msg34756#msg34756 and about Pln. Zeus Weinstein: http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=1525.0
I recommend you to read it.

Maren and ThomasB, thank you very much for your interesting and confirm that shown flowers of Pleione Piton are truly this cross.
ThomasB, I also like the second form of Pln. Piton. I got it from Maren 

This season Pleiones are all in bloom for me too. I have a couple of new plants which are blooming for the first time, including Pleione Caparro and Betty Arnold. I am satisfied with their flowers even though they do not look such attractive like on the seller's images.
It also blooms Pleione which I bought as scopulorum. I am not sure if it is properly labeled because it blooms so early and has only one leaf. Please, give me a hand and identify this orchid for me.

Best regards,
Tamar

[Snuffeldyret]

Heres pictures of mine scopolorum. Or at least what I think is..
http://snuffeldyret.blogspot.no/2013/04/pleione-scopolorum.html

[Tamar]

Snuffeldyret, thank you for your interesting and confirm that shown flower of Pleione belongs to scopulorum species. My flower really the same as yours.
As I mentioned my doubts come from the fact that instead of two leaves my orchid has only the one... 

Regards,
Tamar

[Graham Catlow]

I tried Pleione 'Fuego' out in the garden for the first time. Planted dormant last spring and overwintered under a deep layer of dried fern fronds and a cover to keep the rain off.

Very pleased that they have survived and done well. I kept some in a pot as insurance though.

Photos:
1. Pleione 'Fuego' in the garden
2. P. 'Fuego' in a pot.
3. Pleione pleionoides.

[Luc Gilgemyn]

They look splendid, Graham !
Great job !

[Graham Catlow]

They look splendid, Graham !
Great job !

Thanks Luc

[Tony Willis]

Some in flower now

Pleione aurita
Pleione barbarae
Pleione pleionoides
Pleione limprichtii from Graham

[Graham Catlow]

Some still in flower here and some still not showing. I'm getting a bit worried they are going to have a very short growing period.

P. x taliensis

The second photo is one that I got in a batch of bulbocodiodes bulbils several years ago. Finally flowering but I'm sure its not bulbocodioides. It's very nice but can anyone add a name please.

Graham

[karel_t]

Here is my last one for this spring.
Pleione Sinope


more plants from my collection you can see here: http://pleione.cz/fotopleionky.html

[LarsB]

Hi Graham,

That unknown looks very much like Stromboli 'Fireball', even though I would never label it as such unless i had something to match it with.

[Graham Catlow]

Hi Graham,

That unknown looks very much like Stromboli 'Fireball', even though I would never label it as such unless i had something to match it with.

Thanks Lars.
Perhaps I will by a Stromboli 'Fireball' in the Autumn and compare next spring.

[Peter Maguire]

Graham,

It does look very like my Stromboli 'Fireball which is in flower right now (and I'm only 100miles south of you). Would you like me to post a picture for comparison? - probably tomorrow, as it's a little late now.

[LarsB]

You don't have to buy one, Graham. I can send you one if you remind me when we reach that time of the year.

[LarsB]

Can anyone help me identify this one. I've aquired it as Pleione Chunii, but I'm unsure if it is. It is awfully small.