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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Guus on May 07, 2009, 09:30:03 PM

Title: Pleione ID?
Post by: Guus on May 07, 2009, 09:30:03 PM

Hi All, can anyone tell me what species this Pleione is?
Thanks very much!
Greetings, Guus

Title: Re: Pleione ID?
Post by: Eric Locke on May 07, 2009, 11:11:27 PM

Guus

This is very nice and I wonder if could be a clone of Yunnanensis .
What is the shape of the bulb and the flower size ?

Eric

Title: Re: Pleione ID?
Post by: Guus on May 08, 2009, 07:33:42 PM

Hi there!
The flower size is 6 by 10 cm.
Bulb quite round about 4 cm at it's base, 4 cm high. Smaller at the top.
Does it make sense?

GG

Title: Re: Pleione ID?
Post by: karel_t on May 08, 2009, 08:08:30 PM

Eric and Guus - The yunnanensis has every time got five strong lamellae on a lip. On close-up are see four lamellae and short one on the top. Also the flower size is too big for yunnanensis. So I think that is a nice pale form of P. x barbarae.

Title: Re: Pleione ID?
Post by: Eric Locke on May 08, 2009, 08:20:27 PM

Karel - Guus

Yes, flower size alone rules out Yunnanensis,without the rather large bulb ! which is the reason I asked for them.
Still, this is a very nice Pleione which I would be pleased to have in my collection.
Thanks for sharing your photos.

Eric

Title: Re: Pleione ID?
Post by: johanneshoeller on May 15, 2009, 05:34:33 PM

I think it is a typical x barbarae.