Pleione early 2009.

[Maxime_P]

Pleione scopulorum
Pleione x taliensis
Pleione something (x barbarae ?)

[Eric Locke]

A Few more taken today.

Surtsey "Catherine"
Helgafell
Jorullo "Locking Stumps"
Vesuvius "Grey Wagtail"

Eric

[Eric Locke]

And More

Brigadoon " Woodcock"
Asama "Red Grouse"
Aurita

Eric

[Paul Cumbleton]

Hi everyone,
Apologies for my recent lack of posts but it has been a busy time for me. Anyway, here I can at last reply to a few things.:

Hristo - Askia 'Cinnabar' was indeed one of Ian's early successes in breeding Pleiones with red petals. He has several froms of Askia with red petals and as he thought some of them were better than this one he was going to throw this one away!! He allowed me to rescue it and to name it 'Cinnabar'. I thought that although some of his others were indeed a better red, the actual shade of Cinnabar seemed unique to me compared to the others - it is near to what I would call the crimson end of the red spectrum whereas the others all seemed more toward the purple-red end. I sold a few last year but this drained my stock, so I will not have any more for a while until I build up the stock again.

Luc- about Black pit, I like Eric cut out areas on bulbs and treat the cut with sulphur. I also use a fungicide to try and keep the problem small. Ones with Carbendazim or myclobutanil in them have some effect. About Glacier Peak - I have also made this cross and the offspring are quite variable from almost white to deep pinks, some of which have lovely yellow in the lip from the grandiflora parent. And about large pots with lots of bulbs in - I  agree that they do not look very appealing aesthetically. In fact I like nothing better than to see just a single bulb in a pot with a single flower on it where the elegance of the flower can be most perfectly appreciated. That large pot of Shantung Ducat of Cyrils actually did not look like Ducat, which of course should be yellow, but maybe the photo came out the wrong colour.. Similar comment about Rob's picture of Orizaba Fish Eagle which looked very pale.

Finally Eric - I have really enjoyed seeing your photos! Thanks for sharing them - I must try and make some time to show some more too. Oh, and just a quick spelling check for the yellow Kituro - it should be 'Sulphur' not 'Sulpher', but I guess that was just a typo.

Paul

[Mark Griffiths]

A few more from me, P. Shantung Ridgeway, P. Shantung Ducat, P. Shantung Maryfield Clone,  and P. x confusa.

[johanneshoeller]

Some Pleiones, the first pic shows different grandifloras.

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 Pleione Askia.
 Pleione Brigadoon 1
 Pleione Formosana Clare 1
 Pleione Harlequin Norman 2
 Pleione Krakatoa 1.
 Pleione yunnanensis 1.
 Pleione Zeus Weinstein a1.JPG

[ranunculus]

Superb, Hans ... I love the markings on Brigadoon!

[Pete Clarke]

and more from me;
chunii
pleionoides Blakeway-Phillips
Ueli Wackernagel (formosana Jack Frost x aurita)
Shantung Ducat (I have increased the saturation levels to get a more true yellow picture.)
Tongariro Jackdaw
Whakari

[Eric Locke]

Nice photos from you all.

Two very different clones of Santorini.


Eric

[Eric Locke]

A few more  

Spot nosed Monkey
Deriba
Burnsall
Irazu "Cheryl"

Eric

[Eric Locke]

And More  

Orizaba "Fish Eagle"
Zeus Weinstein "Dessert Sands"


Eric

[Luc Gilgemyn]

Pete,
I love that P. whakari - great colour !

Eric,
Both Santorini's are equally beautiful !
I lost mine two years ago -  - but I should really have another go ! 

[Dazza]

Heres some of my pleiones open at the moment

P. Shantung Ridgeway



P.Vesuvius Pheonix



P.Tongariro Jack Daw



P.Versailles Bucklebury

[Eric Locke]

Welcome Dazza to the forum.

My first three clones of x Barbarae this season.


Eric

[Eric Locke]

Two more not often seen Pleione.  

Melbury
Formosana Alba "Kate"

Eric