Pleione Spring 2010..... to July!

[Slug Killer]

David,

In the case of P. Alde Saran there will be a lot of variation. If you compare these flowers to the flower of Alde Saran on Gunter Blankenburg website, you wouldn't think it is from the same cross. I also have two bulbs but only one flowered this year. Hopefuly the other one will be more like the coronaria parent. I actually bougth this hoping it would look like the one on his website. 

Pieter

The picture of P. Alde Saran on Gunters website is my picture from last year which he is using as well as many others on there.


Regards

David

[Pieter]

David

The picture on Gunter's website, you are refering to the picture with the black background?
I meant the form of Alde Saran in the other picture. To my idea this is a smashing form: long stem, large open flower, good keels and nice coloration. 
Not that yours isn't good, verry nice as well. But when you compare the form I have to the one in that picture, they differ almost like night and day.
Do you think he will make this form in to a selection?   

Greetings

Pieter

[Slug Killer]

Hi Pieter

I will ask Gunter when I return after the weekend about P. Alde Saran photo 1.

There are many Pleione crosses that are seldom seen as they do not grow that well. Paul Cumbleton sent me a list of cultivars which was up to 2002 and there are many on there that you seldom see for sale and some which probably do not exist anymore. Unfortunately the RHS Orchid registry only goes up until 2002 for all named cultivars which I can only assume is an oversight on their part but is also a pain.

Gunter Blankenburg registered several named cultivars of crosses allready made last year as his turned out to be quite different to the original cross. Unfortunately there does not seem to be any way of looking these up.

If anyone does know, please tell me.

Regards

David

[karel_t]

Hans - very nice P. yunnanensis.

A few more from today:

P. f. 'Clare'
P. f. 'Lucy Diamond'
P. Jorullo
P. Mawenzi

P. Mawenzi is another my favorite 
K.

[Pieter]

Karel

That is an other nice selection of Pleione. You really have a long season of Pleione pleasure. As I can remember, your Pleione started early in the season and they are still goiing.    


David

Thanks in advance for asking.

Maybe this subject on the existence of Pleione hybrids is a little to much of a detour in the current topic so it would be better to make a new topic.
Below, the link to the new topic “Extinct or existing Pleione?”.

http://www.srgc.org.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5510.0

Greetings

Pieter

[Slug Killer]

Hookeriana out over the weekend. Not all flowering but seem to be growing well this year. Pleione chunii will soon be out as well and hopefully next year I'll have my first flowering cross of P. hookeriana x P. chunii.

[Pete Clarke]

My last pleiones to flower,

Erebus - nice small flower.
another xbarbarae. Another large flower - 120mm.
Not sure if the 3rd pic. is a Piton or barbarae. It has flowered in a pot of aurita and I suspect that this is another translocated bulb, courtesy of mice in the Winter.

Pete.

[Slug Killer]

Nice Erebus Pete. mine did not flower for me this year as the main shoot aborted. Must have got too cold but there are two new smaller shoots showing now.

There seem to be far more mice around this year as I've been catching at least five a week for the past two months.

David

[Slug Killer]

A few of my last this year

Pleione Kima (different clone to the last one)
Pleione Jorullo Locking Stumps
Pleione Vesuvious Leopard

[Slug Killer]

Rob

I'd go along with the too cold theory which caused some damage. I've not had any deformed Pleione flowers but quite a few main shoots that failed produce and rotted off. Luckily all have been replaced with two knew smaller ones or in one case two large bulbils have grown from the top already.

David

[Slug Killer]

Well this is probably one of the last bunch of Pleione to flower this year until P. saxicola later in the year.

Pleione chunii

[Pieter]

Hello

These are the last to flower here.

1) Pleione El Pico "Kestrel"
2) Pleione Kima (Blankenberg)

Greetings

Pieter

[karel_t]

Pieter, very nice Kima.

Here are several plants from this week.

P. x barbarae
P. Mawenzi
P. limprichtii
P. pleionoides
and one of my seedpods.

K.

[Pieter]

Thanks Karel, It is not the biggest flower but I like it.

Very nice Mawenzi you have. Both color and shape are stunning.

Greetings

Pieter

[karel_t]

The last spring flower.
See you in autumn.
K.