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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: goofy on October 19, 2010, 01:19:21 PM

Title: Autumn Beauties
Post by: goofy on October 19, 2010, 01:19:21 PM

hello,
a little bit later this year are my Habenarias flowering.

Habenaria carnea alba
(http://www.bildercache.de/bild/20101019-135859-713.jpg)

Habenaria rhodocheila with glowing orange flowers
(http://www.bildercache.de/bild/20101019-135859-357.jpg)

Habenaria roebelenii with fiery red flowers
(http://www.bildercache.de/bild/20101019-135900-885.jpg)

enjoy

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: Maggi Young on October 19, 2010, 01:40:07 PM

A sight to enjoy indeed, Dieter, on such a cold wet day. Lovely colours and the purest white.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: Maren on October 19, 2010, 01:46:46 PM

Hallo Dieter,

what beautiful Habenarias you've got. Makes me think I should get some more, especially the white.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: ThomasB on October 28, 2010, 07:09:49 PM

An autumn beauty I purchased this year as a bulb in spring is flowering now - Pleione 'Lassen Peak' (Pln. x lagenaria x Pln. praecox)

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: Alex on October 29, 2010, 10:30:55 PM

Thomas - beautiful - where did you get Lassen Peak, if I may ask?

Cheers,

Alex

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: ThomasB on October 30, 2010, 07:16:24 PM

Quote from: Alex on October 29, 2010, 10:30:55 PM

Thomas - beautiful - where did you get Lassen Peak, if I may ask?

Thank you, Alex.

I could fortunately swap with another forum member in a German garden forum to get one flowering sized buld of this beauty.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: sjusovare on November 08, 2010, 06:48:54 PM

hello everyone
Pln Confirmation

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: ThomasB on November 10, 2010, 10:03:40 AM

That 'Confirmation' has a real nice coloration.  :D

Interesting how different clones of this hybrid (or the natural hybrid x lagenaria) look mor like maculata or more like praecox - the one shown seems to be pretty intermediate.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: Alex on November 13, 2010, 01:43:49 PM

Pleione praecox bought last year from Maren's nursery, flowering now.

Alex

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: Maren on November 14, 2010, 06:35:44 PM

Oh Alex, you beat me to it. And what a nice job you made of that.

Here is a bowl I planted a couple of years ago with 5 pseudobulbs. that was a bit of a mistake because, although I ended up with 35 flowers, they appear to be from four different clones. Back to the drawing board. The bowl needs splitting and this time I'll start my bowls with just one pseudobulb and increase from there. Then each bowl will have just one clone and look a lot better.

While I am looking at it on my dining table, the scent nearly knocks me out. It's very delicate in a cool place but in a warm room, it get's a bit much. The first picture shows the front view and the second shows the back.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: sjusovare on November 14, 2010, 10:13:52 PM

hello Maren,

even if they're from different clones, the bowl looks quite good.

Title: Re: Autumn Beauties
Post by: ThomasB on December 01, 2010, 06:52:59 PM

The first one of the winter flowering Pleiones opened a first flower in december - Wharfedale 'Pine Warbler'