Pleione 2014

[Graham Catlow]

Second set.

[Steve Garvie]

Nice collection of x barbarae!!!
15 miles north of you and mine are yet to open.

[Alex]

Here are a few selected forms I acquired from Ian Butterfield, not so often seen - Pleione Krafla 'Kimi' and P. Whakari 'Dusky Sunbird'.

[Maren]

Hi alex,

I love your P. Krafla 'Kimi'. My 'oranges' are just about to open.

[Graham Catlow]

Nice collection of x barbarae!!!
15 miles north of you and mine are yet to open.

Thanks Steve.

[Pete Clarke]

2 new lovelies for me;
Santorini "Yellow Wagtail"
Praslin.

[Tim Harberd]

Two from me today:
Marco Polo 168.2.. I do like a flower that faces up.. A top petal that stands up helps.
Bulbocodiodes 205.2.. One of the unusual things about this cultivar is that double flowers don’t tend to come out upside down. In this pan four of the seven are doubles, and all the right way up.

Tim DH

[gregork]

P Krafla Kimi is beautiful Alex!

I have a question... I guess my Pleione have a tendency to grow their roots not in the pot but to the sky  hmmm is there anything that can be done to prevent that ? 

Regards
G

[Maren]

Hi Gregork,

do all your pleiones do that? it would be unusual. sometimes mine make roots from the top of the bulb, they eventually find their way into the pot as they are searching for water. I tend to just put a little more compost over them to cover them.

[karel_t]

Hi Gregork,
It could be caused, if you use too coarse-grained bark. Developing roots touch the big piece of bark and then turn up.
K.

[karel_t]

Krafla is very nice crossing with a bit small flowers.
Here is P. Diller 'Sandpiper' - another Ian's very good selection.
K.

[gregork]

Hi Maren, no not all of them but i think at least 4 plants do that.  Maybe i should moist the compost a little bit. I did add some water but from the top, maybe thats the reason they went up to the sky. Well I've added some more bark on top to cover them up. We will see what happens next. I hope they wont brake through again
Karel,.. i dont know if thats the reason. i did use the finest grade bark i could find (7- 15 mm).

Thanks for your answers!
G

[Steve Garvie]

Pleione grandiflora Yellow Lip

[Steve Garvie]

Pleione aurita


Pleione scopulorum

[Maren]

Hi Steve,

nice piccies. My P. scopulorum didn't do much this year, just produced a juvenile leaf. Hmmm.