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Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: Guus on April 29, 2012, 09:38:22 PM

Title: ID Pleione
Post by: Guus on April 29, 2012, 09:38:22 PM

Hi all,
I would like to ask you if the names of the Pleiones on the pics are correct. I'll post them in the next few posts.
Your help is very much appreciated! Thanks soooo much!

Greetings, Guus

Title: Re: ID Pleione
Post by: Alex on April 29, 2012, 11:22:43 PM

Hi Guus,

I'm afraid that they all seem wrongly named to me - all look like P. formosana except the second one down, which looks like P. pleionoides I think.

Google for images of P. hookeriana to see what it really looks like. If you are keen to get a true hookeriana, they are available from a few outlets - one good one is Crustacare (www.albiflora.be (http://www.albiflora.be)).

I think your growing conditions look great, by the way - big trays and lots of good quality sphagnum moss - I wish all of my Pleiones had that!

Alex

Title: Re: ID Pleione
Post by: Chuck on June 17, 2012, 06:01:33 AM

The first, third, and fourth pictures are P. formosana. The second might be pleione bulbocodioides or grandiflora