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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Johan K. on February 07, 2019, 04:02:26 PM
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Pleioneflowers of the last month.
First one was Pleione Wharfedale 'Pine Warbler'.
Second one : Pleione 'Sirena'.
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Lovely P. Sirene J.K. !
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are the edges of the sepals/pertals purple or is it an artefact from the camera?
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First Spring-flowering pleione here is the violet-lipped form of Pleione humilis:
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These are some of my favourite.
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Hello there,
I am pleased starting growing Pleione again, because my collection completely collapsed in summer 2017 and, because of health problems and with no one to take care of them, almost all died. I was very frustrated and completely not feeling is the mood about growing Pleione again but now my situation is better.
By the way, I ordered some from Maren Talbot (many thanks!) and from Akerne in Belgium (many thanks also for Kenneth)
I hope to be soon able to share with you my Pleione blooms!
I'm already pleased to sea the blooming period is starting for some of you.
Jules
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First Spring-flowering pleione here is the violet-lipped form of Pleione humilis:
My dear Steve, each time I see your pix, I'm just about blown away by their quality !
When combined with a truly superb pot of humilis, I'm simply lost for words.
:o :o :o
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Very many thanks Luc.
Here are a few selected forms/clones of Pleione humilis. The first is a form with darkish red markings on the lips -only subtly different from the violet-lipped form:
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The second is a single small pseudobulb of Paul Cumbleton’s Farrer Medal winning plant:
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The third is a single clone that I selected from some seed-raised humilis initially from the labs of Anthura. This single pseudobulb has three flowers of an attractive colour with a faint yellow suffusion showing through the red lip markings:
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Pleione Melbury Christine Walker. It’s gorgeous! Well I think
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eiger snowflake- the camera just can’t capture how lovely this is
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1st one for me this year
Pleione Lhasa 'Blushes'
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Good old Pleione hekla 'Locking stumps' is my first of the year.
But there's some more to come ! :D
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Pleione 'Fuego'
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Hi There,
Just thought I’d like to record here, the passing of my mother, on Valentines Day. (14th Feb)
She died at home, with family, ten days before her 91st Birthday.
Her final passing was a lot more dignified than some of the near misses of the last few years.
I attach a photo of her namesake, Muriel Harberd, from a few years ago.
Tim DH
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Oh Tim, I am very sorry to hear of your loss - your Mother was clearly an inspiration to your Father and the two of them have added much to our knowledge of pleiones. My sincere condolences to you and all your family.
Mrs Harberd will be well remembered by the orchid bearing her name.
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So sorry Tim, and hope that the beautiful pleione that bears her name will be a source of comfort to you as time goes on.
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So sorry to hear that Tim, my sincere condolences. What a splendid memory this outstanding Pleione will always be to remember her.
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Some Pleiones in flower today :
Pleione Glacier Peak
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Two more :
Pleione Lhasa Blushes
Pleione Snow Monkey
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Are you sure this is Lhasa 'Blushes" Luc ?
Mine has a really orangy color inside the lip rather than red like yours, and the lip seems overall much wider and open... which is odd for a selected clone...
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Are you sure this is Lhasa 'Blushes" Luc ?
Mine has a really orangy color inside the lip rather than red like yours, and the lip seems overall much wider and open... which is odd for a selected clone...
They are distinctly different Julien... mine comes from Ian Butterfield some 3 years ago ? ???
I've just googled Lhasa 'Blushes' and saw a number of different 'Blushes' appear... ::)
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Really odd, mine comes from ian Butterfield too, this year...
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pleione Sirena, snowbunting and caparro
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[attachimg=1]The newly described species Pleione arunachalensis
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This tiny little thing is gorgeous; pleione Krakatoa painted lady. I’ve added a couple more pics as the flower ages and changes colou
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(Attachment Link) The newly described species Pleione arunachalensis
Exquisite Vigor !!
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This tiny little thing is gorgeous; pleione Krakatoa painted lady. Just out
Lovely grex, isn't it Paul ?!
Here, I'm very happy with my newly acquired Pleione Sabatini
Pleione Piton 'Sering' is a recross by Jan Moors (B) of the old hybrid from Ian Butterfield.
One from the master : Pleione Michael Butterfield 'Crowned Eagle'
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Really nice Vigor.
It's amazing how it reminds of Plan Nyiarongo (aurita X coronaria)
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the sabatini is amazing Luc
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Really nice Vigor.
It's amazing how it reminds of Plan Nyiarongo (aurita X coronaria)
I feel the same before I see the real plants :)，but there are small and dense spots at two sides of its lip
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The Pleione arunachalensis is superb Vigor.
Is it easy to grow?
Will it ever become available commercially?
Pleione albiflora
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Another stunning display Steve.
Some more flowering here :
Pleione Marion Johnson 'Bubs'
Pleione whakari 'Dune Lark'
An unnamed Anthura hybrid - could be P. 'Burnsall'
Pleione Glacier Peak
Pleione Michael Butterfield 'Crowned Eagle'
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Hi There,
The season has opened here with P. Follifoot ‘Princess Tiger’. Not one of my favourites, but reliably floriferous.
Tim DH
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I know the topic comes up repeatedly but I wondered if you could help me identify pleione with virus. I know colour breaks are important but I can also see how pigment is naturally patterned sometimes on petals.
I’m attaching a few pics and would love it if people could help me work out if these have a viral infection and I should destroy them.
Sorry about the scribbles. I’m in a hotel room trying to do this on my phone
From memory they are
Sirena
Edgecombe
Shangtung Ridgeway
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1 and 3 are clearly viral, for the 2nd one it would be easier from another angle (this one is seen in transparency, doesnt really allow to determine whether it's factually pigmentation or texture)
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Julian
Thanks for getting back.
Here are other angles and close up of flower 2- the final pic does look like a colour break.
Is the only course of action destroying the others? They are very robust plants etc. Does their virus affect other orchid species?
Thanks Paul
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Unfortunately, I'd say it is also viral :(
It is true that pigmentation can be naturally patterned on the petals and sepals, but in this case, the patterns usually are mirrored between corresponding petals or sepals and they have a regular shape, not random "watermark" type.
There is unfortunately no cure for virus so far, and it effectively doesnt seem to affect the vigor of the plant, however it is highly contagious and spreads really fast to a whole collection, which is why it is advised to destroy suspicious plants, or at least keep them totally isolated from others.
According to Karel Týbl who isolated and described this virus (PlFBV) it can easily infect other orchid species in mixed collections...
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Pleione forrestii
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Steve- are they white forrestii? Beautiful
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Steve- are they white forrestii? Beautiful
Thanks Paul.
I also have a white form with violet lip markings which hasn’t flowered this year.
I find forrestii -especially the white forms, to be the most inconsistent and problematic of all Pleione species. With me forrestii is prone to fungal attacks and rot whilst the flower buds abort very easily with temperature fluctuations (something that is difficult to avoid under glass especially if days are sunny and nights are cold).
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Tell me about it, the only time I actually had forrestii flowers for me was in the fridge until the flower was open...
I also find that despite the usual advice to grow it on mainly moss, I had less fungal and bacterial issues (in my growing conditions) on totally mineral mix (kanuma or even leca).. of course it forces me to water a lot more in summer
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This is the first time it’s flowered for me; I think it’s lovely. Pleione Suswa Sand Plover
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I also like it a lot Paul ! Very nice, mine is also in flower right now.
P. Suswa 'Sandplover'
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Pleione Bonobo
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my spring flowers
most of them are primary hybrids
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Tacama
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Ashima
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Burnsall
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Muriel
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Toff
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Siamang
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Calleva
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Tibesti
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Krakatoa
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Querudolf
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Tongariro
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Nozomi
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Happy Easter!
Things have just got going here, in the sudden warm spell we're having.
Cultivars in view:
Harlequin, Ducat, Mary B, Princess Tiger, Natasha and Regal.
Tim DH
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Pleione Nyiarongo
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Nice one, Paul!
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Pleione x confusa
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Pleione ‘Hekla’ (I think). Has been in this trough for 2 winters with no additional protection. Always a chance of losing it but it was one I had acquired and didn’t really want to put too much space and time into it so every year is a bonus. More cultivars going in the garden this year.
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A Pleione growing with a Dryas - that's not something you see every day!
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Ah yes! A bit of a mixed bag there Maggi.
Pleione, Dryas, Allium, Rhododendron, Roscoe, Hosta and Dactylorhiza all growing in the same medium.
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Various forms of Pleione grandiflora:
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Hi Steve,
Just got back from a few days away… and catching up on your photos…. Excellent as always..
What is the origin of your P. x confusa? It looks rather like Ducat to me! The stippled pink stripe on the petals I associate with Shantung crosses.. also the distribution of the red in the lip is more extensive than I would expect from x confusa.
I attach archive photos of the two, as, sadly, I no longer have x confusa myself.
Tim DH
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Thanks Tim.
After looking at your images and reading your post I scuttled off to check my plants, a few of which are still in flower. I also looked at images from previous years and other online resources. I have to agree, my plants do indeed appear to be Shantung Ducat.
I have plants labelled as x confusa from two sources -one is from a close friend who was initially given a pseudobulb almost 15 years ago from a contact of his. The other source was from an initial pseudobulb bought from the late Günther Blankenburg in 2013 (as x confusa “Golden Gate”). It is descendants of the latter plant that feature in my image above.
Many thanks for pointing this out. Though disappointing I must admit to having had some nagging doubts myself.
By intent I only grow forms of Pleione species and Primary hybrids. Having purchased many plants online in the past I find that I now have a number of un-named hybrids that have been sold to me as species. I have pseudobulbs labelled as Pl. grandiflora red lip from three different sources: two of these have flowered and are clearly hybrids (see pictures below). The third has grown well but has never flowered. I have also in the past bought a number of Pl. forrestii white/alba/semialba -only to discover them to be yellow forrestii or something else on flowering.
Here are the two flowered “Pl. grandiflora red lip”. The first is an autumn-flowering plant, possibly from the Pl. Wharfdale grex. I would be grateful for suggestions as to what the second plant is (the shape/form of the flower is reminiscent of yunnanensis or even scopulorum but it clearly also has forrestii blood).
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Having looked at Pleione Gallery photos. for some time I wonder at the variation in named plants and wonder if the naming is correct? If the flowers are different then perhaps there has been some "crossing" in the plants history, then again, I,m not a Taxonomist. Well grown plants Steve, you must have a large collection and the expertise to grow them.
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Nice plants, Steve. Those two Im pretty sure are Wharfedale ‘Pine Warbler’ and Krakatoa. The latter especially is beautiful.
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Many thanks Alex.
Your suggested names fit perfectly.
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Pleione chunii
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Pleione scopulorum
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Pleione yunnanensis -a few different clones:
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Help needed!
I’m trying to identify a clone of Pleione Ueli Wackernagel that was given an Award of Merit (AM) by the ‘RHS Joint Rock Plant Committee’ at Hexham AGS/SRGC show a few weeks ago. It was given an AM “Subject to a cultivar name”.
See https://twitter.com/RHSJointRock/status/1112679887947616259 (https://twitter.com/RHSJointRock/status/1112679887947616259)
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I bought the initial bulb in 2012 but unfortunately my attempts to trace the origin of this stock have drawn a blank.
Before I try to dream up an appropriate name, I need to ensure that my plant does not conform to any of the known named cultivars.
I’m aware of a number of clones (some with names and some with just numbers) but have ruled out all but one.
• ‘Calcite’ - a near white clone
• ‘Quartz’ - a near white clone
• ‘Regal’ – Bred by David Harberd under the initial number 'H169.7'. The photo of 'Regal' from Tim Harberd on the SRGC forum (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15025.45 (http://www.srgc.net/forum/index.php?topic=15025.45)) and another photo emailed to me by Tim show that 'Regal' differs from my own plant in both flower shape and the amount of yellow in the lip marking
• H169.1 – Another of David Harberd’s clones and a sister seedling of ‘Regal’. Again I’m ruling this one out on the basis of flower shape
• H169.2 to H169.6 may no longer be in cultivation. Correct me if I’m wrong
• ‘Pearl’ – a pale clone originating from a cross made by Jan Berg and named by Paul Cumbleton.
• ‘Pink Pearl’ – another clone originating from a cross made by Jan Berg and named by Paul Cumbleton. This is from the same seed pod as ‘Pearl’ and judging from photos I’ve found and in Paul’s opinion may be the identity of my plant
So:
Is my plant ‘Pink Pearl’?
Are there other clones of P. Ueli Wackernagel in existence?
The grex was registered by Pinkepank. Are there Pinkepank clones in existence? Where did 'Calcite' and 'Quartz' come from?
I appreciate that colour is difficult (depends on the lighting, the camera, the computer screen etc.)
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Hi Don,
I can't say any more than already on your pink clone, but I can confirm that both 'Quartz' and 'Calcite' were also named by me. They came from a re-make I did of Ueli wackernagel using 'Pearl' as one parent and another different, un-named pale clone as the other. In the end neither proved good growers and ultimately both declined and died, so neither of these clones exists now.
Paul
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Thanks Paul,
I very much appreciate your additional info on 'Quartz' and 'Calcite' - useful in terms of building up the wider picture regarding Ueli Wackernagel.
There must surely be a very limited number of clones in existence and the AM clone is such a good clone it would surely have been named already. This all leads me to think that it is in all likelihood 'Pink Pearl'.
Hopefully someone else out there may have information or views on whether my plant is indeed 'Pink Pearl'.
It would be useful to know if anyone is currently growing 'Pink Pearl'.
Regards
Don
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Hi Don,
On April 11th 2009 Eric Locke apparently posted photos of four different UW clones..
Pearl, 3 & 4 from Jan Berg and, presumably one other, but the photos are no longer there.
May be some other forumist can advise on missing pictures?
Tim DH
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Some photos are missing because of the method used to load them to the forum - others have been removed - but I saw Eric' photos of Pleione Ueli Wackernagel forms the other day - I'll try to find the site again!
Assorted photos here, of course : http://www.pleione.info/pleione-hybrids-gallery-t---z.html (http://www.pleione.info/pleione-hybrids-gallery-t---z.html) but I'm on the hunt for Eric's pix....
quite a few here - https://www.orkidehagen.no/pleione/ (https://www.orkidehagen.no/pleione/) but not of the right ones! or here http://www.pleioneworld.dk/pleione-hybrids-1-2/nggallery/page/4 (http://www.pleioneworld.dk/pleione-hybrids-1-2/nggallery/page/4) right orchids, different photographer!
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Hi There,
End of season shots from me:
H139.1 P. Stromboli ‘Senorita’… This one has gone up my ‘Favourites’ ranking in recent years, because of its habit of looking up.
M205.2 P. bulbocodioides 6X RGB Edinburgh ACC.NO: 812467… I appreciate the long stem on this cultivar.
L2 P. x taliensis ‘Lushan Mist’… A particularly gladdening sight since I thought I might have lost this. Hopefully the start of a comeback.
Tim DH
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Hello all
I have been contacted by a friend i China, Assistent Prrfessor Mrs. Sha-sha Wu. She is working at a Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, writing on some papers on Pleione species. For that purpose she would like to get in contact with Martin Hazelton and Kath Fairhurst. Do anyone have contact informations on them.
Erling
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Hi There,
Springwood have just released their new catalogue. I’m not a buyer of Pleiones, so can’t I recommend them from experience. However, since they are an established specialist Pleione nursery, I thought I’d flag up their existence here. (According to the ‘Search’ they were last referenced on this forum in 2013)
Tim DH
Ah! The pdf is too big for posting here... So I've dumped the contents into a txt file... If you want a copy of the pdf send me a pm.
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Has anybody heard from Ian Butterfield ?
Is he issuing a new catalogue this year ??
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Hi Luc, Ian has sent a catalogue out in the last two weeks. Its the 2017/2018 version with Pleione crossed out if unavailable. There is also a supplementary list of newer Pleione with it.
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Hi Guys,
Don Peace is STILL trying to track down a grower of Pleione Ueli Wackernagel 'Pink Pearl' (See earlier posts on this thread in May). It'll be interesting to see how the AGS decides to resolve this conundrum.. The easiest (and most satisfactory) solution would be if a 'Pink Pearl' grower came forward. Failing that, some photos of 'Pink Pearl' would be helpful.
Tim DH
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Hi Luc, Ian has sent a catalogue out in the last two weeks. Its the 2017/2018 version with Pleione crossed out if unavailable. There is also a supplementary list of newer Pleione with it.
Thanks David !
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Pleione 'Slender Loris':
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and Pleione Wharfdale 'Pine Warbler'
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just opened here. This Autumn my collection has been decimated by woodlice! Initially I blamed slugs for hollowing out large pseudobulbs, but I have found a lot of woodlice feasting away on pseudobulbs of any size. Where some years I lose the odd pseudobulb, this year the damage is devastating. And sadly it is mostly the largest and most promising specimens that have been eaten. A few pics of the damage:
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I am now harvesting all despite the fact that dormancy isn't complete. Tricky pest to control really if you grow your Pleione outdoors until they go dormant. Does anyone have suggestions how to minimise damage?
I also lost my very last Confirmation. Very sad, I had it for years and really loved it. I have lots of Wharfdales in bud if anyone wants to swap some for a Confirmation?
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Hi Bart,
Sorry to hear of your losses... Woodlice I'm familiar with, but not as a threat to Pleiones. My outdoor Pleione growing space is shaded by a Fig Tree and Woodlice are a REAL nuisance gnawing the stalks of developing fruit. So I've definitely had Woodlice in the vicinity of my Pleiones for the past twenty years... and never noticed a problem. Is it possible that the Woodlice are a secondary pest? Could they be 'cleaning up' after the real culprit?? I don't generally find molluscs to be a problem either. I'd suspect some kind of rot as the causal factor.
Tim DH
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Hi Tim,
I can eliminate rot, I've seen the critters starting on really nice juicy pseudobulbs. I am not sure if it is the little slugs that take the first bite and the woodlice follow, or if they are equally to blame. Normally a small hole does not kill the bulb, it seems to callus over and if the growing tip hasn't been damaged they will start growing in spring, but with less vigour.
I've also grown them for about 12 years, partially indoors, summer and autumn outdoors, and around now they all come in. Every year there is some damage, but never as much as now. Maybe it is a very good season for woodlice. When I lift pots, like cyclamen, that are not sat in a saucer, often there are masses of woodlice clumped where the drainage holes are and I wonder if they are secretly eating the cyclamen roots. On occasion I find a hole in cyclamen as well, especially the smooth tubered species like mirabile and cyprium.
Anyway, with less and less Pleione to worry about I can increase their individual care and maybe avoid carnage. As my wife keeps saying, 'Less is more'...not sure I agree when it comes to plants though.
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Has anybody heard from Ian Butterfield ?
Is he issuing a new catalogue this year ??
Hello Luc,
I am working on Ian Butterfield's catalogue for 2020. He has 15 new hybids since last year. I've finished the .pdf but am having some trouble loading it to my website so that I can put a link here as before. Patience, please, I'll get there.
His message to any friends and customers outside the United Kingdom interested in buying pleiones:
"I usually ships pleiones in the first / second week of January, depending on the weather. Due to the uncertainties about Brexit , it is rather risky to place an order. If Brexit happens before 15th January, I will not be able to ship and your money will be returned. This could involve some fees."
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Many thanks Maren !! :-*
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The way I understand it, even with brexit occuring, things would remain the same regarding customs during the transition period which runs untill december 2020 (and can be extended up to 2 years), so there shouldnt be any legal problems regarding CITES during that time. It's only in case of "hard brexit" that there would be issues related to the immediate exit of the EUCU.
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Nothing is certain about Brexit, hence the forewarning.
That's all I want to say and I do not wish to enter into a discussion about Brexit.
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Hi, I am having trouble loading Ian Butterfield's catalogue for 2020 to my site .
If you want one: click this link to download the Butterfield List for 2019-2020 (http://files.srgc.net/general/Butterfield-catalogue-2019-2020.pdf)
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There was a small error in the previous Butterfield List - download this link to get the updated version:
http://files.srgc.net/general/Butterfield-catalogue-2019-2020.pdf (http://files.srgc.net/general/Butterfield-catalogue-2019-2020.pdf)
(This is the same url as the previous one so if you downloaded that earleir, please clear your cache and use this version instead. )
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Hi Maggi, thank you for this, you're a star. :)
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People are asking me if I continue to volunteer as Ian's electronic letterbox.
The answer is YES, just send me an email to mtalbot@talktalk.net.
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Thank you Maren for your volunteering services :)
Trying to make a final choice from Mr. Butterfield's great list proves harder than expected, especially as I can not find pictures for all of the varieties either. And then it is always a question how true the colours on those pictures are.
So I wanted to ask if anyone here could point out what would be the darkest purple variety from that list? I was considering P. Katmai ‘Crossbill’ (http://pleione.cz/popisy/obrazky/Pln.%20Katmai%20'Crossbill'.jpg) but I keep seeing pictures of it where it appears just a strong pink - can anyone tell me what its true color is please?
Also does anyone by chance have a picture of P. Phillip Cribb maybe?
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Can anyone recommend a source of sphagnum moss for reporting pleiones over Christmas? Last year I spent a fortune on small packets via amazon or eBay.
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Can anyone recommend a source of sphagnum moss for reporting pleiones over Christmas? Last year I spent a fortune on small packets via amazon or eBay.
If you get really stuck, Paul, find a friend with a bad lawn and you'll be able to rake all the moss you need out of it. Just takes some effort and it's fully sustainable.
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I use Big Moss from Babyllon, but it still feels like spending a fortune, albeit on bigger packets. As for raking moss out of the lawn, around here finding a lawn is easier said than done, and the few that exist would be bald without the moss.
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...okay .... find a friend with a bad lawn in a wet area and .........
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Somewhere wet! It has been more like Lancashire here than Lincolnshire since June. Much more rain and they might as well redraw the map to move the North Sea back inland. Mind you, the Pleione have loved it. Taught me that I need to be more generous with the water in a “normal” year, whatever that is.
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I'd agree Steve, the pseudobulbs are looking good this year..... Maybe I need to up my 'dry spell' watering regime in future.. The most obvious beneficiary here of this year's extra rain has been a bamboo.. Borinda lushuiensis .. which the general wisdom suggests you should only attempt growing in Cornwall... It's put up over twenty new canes.
Tim DH
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Thank you Maren for your volunteering services :)
Trying to make a final choice from Mr. Butterfield's great list proves harder than expected, especially as I can not find pictures for all of the varieties either. And then it is always a question how true the colours on those pictures are.
So I wanted to ask if anyone here could point out what would be the darkest purple variety from that list? I was considering P. Katmai ‘Crossbill’ (http://pleione.cz/popisy/obrazky/Pln.%20Katmai%20'Crossbill'.jpg) but I keep seeing pictures of it where it appears just a strong pink - can anyone tell me what its true color is please?
Also does anyone by chance have a picture of P. Phillip Cribb maybe?
Phillip Cribb is very variable crossing with many clones. Here is one of them: http://pleione.cz/obrazky/IanB-4-2016.jpg (http://pleione.cz/obrazky/IanB-4-2016.jpg)
K.