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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Maggi Young on April 03, 2016, 07:23:37 PM

Title: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Maggi Young on April 03, 2016, 07:23:37 PM

Any ideas what this pleione might be?

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Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: ian mcdonald on April 03, 2016, 07:38:38 PM

Hello Maggi, there are so many similar ones you could call it any name. It looks like forrestii in the parentage.

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Paul Cumbleton on April 03, 2016, 10:02:41 PM

So hard to identify hybrids. I agree that clearly forrestii is in there somewhere. From the twisted top petal and pink colouration I would guess x barbarae could be another parent or at least in the mix somewhere. But impossible to be sure.

Paul

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Maren on April 06, 2016, 12:32:35 AM

Hi,
my first thought was Pleione Krakatoa (yunnanensis x forrestii), but not certain.

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Danshi on April 06, 2016, 07:53:54 PM

A bit windswept, but quite beautiful nonetheless! My guess would be the same as Paul's.
Do you know if it's a natural or man-made hybrid?

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Maren on April 07, 2016, 12:17:53 PM

It always helps if one knows where the plant was purchased.

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Luc Gilgemyn on April 08, 2016, 11:47:10 AM

Quote from: Maren on April 07, 2016, 12:17:53 PM

It always helps if one knows where the plant was purchased.

Could it be one of these Anthura unnamed, unrecorded hybrids ?

Title: Re: Another no ID pleione
Post by: Alex on April 08, 2016, 07:51:50 PM

Almost certainly, Luc - the cluster of bulbs in the pot is characteristic.

Alex