Pleione 2012

[Maggi Young]

The Chinese words below the video translate ( google says!) as 'Alishan Taiwan Pleione'

 Railway tunnel and pleione already at 1minute 18seconds in!
Well found Karel... I'm enjoying this - so many lovely little birds as well. 

[Maren]

Karel,

that's the one, thank you very much. and also thanks to Maggi who emailed me a translation worthy of a medal, at least.

[SteveC2]

Confused!  And I'm not sure if it's the plants or me.  Pleione praecox in flower as of July 6, not just one, but four bulbs.  Pleione Confirmation on it's way.  I keep them warm, with my tropicals, which means that they have a long growing season , throughout the winter, but they seem to be flowering earlier and earlier.  The first flower opened one day before my P.chunii outside finished.  The question is how do you over winter these to tempt them to flower in autumn?
p.s. bulbs are big and healthy, so perhaps I shouldn't worry, but rather just treat them as a tropical orchid.

[SteveC2]

Pleione Confirmation now open, and to prove I'm not fibbing look at the newspaper!  Autumn has started early in Lincolnshire!
p.s. I'll try for a better photo tomorrow.

[SteveC2]

As promised a better Confirmation pic now they are fully out.

[Slug Killer]

Very pretty Steve. Only got one Pln. praecox about to flower myself. Last year some of mine were earlier but not as early as yours. Did them no harm though as they flowered still in leaf and the bulbs still got bigger.

[karel_t]

The autumn is coming ...
K.

[erf]

Nice flowers Karel. Not much difference between the nature and man-made lagenaria. I have read that some people find the P xlagenaria should be darker and more colourful compared to P Confirmation. What is your opinion?
It will take a few weeks before my Confirmation will flower, and my Pxlagenaria haven't even shown sign of flowering yet.
Regard Erling

[karel_t]

Hi Erf, it seems right. Many of P. Confirmation showed here are paler than true x lagenarias, however we can’t say how large was the colour range in Berg’s seedling nest. So, is really possible to find both pale and darker P. Confirmation.
There is very difficult to recognize natural and artificial hybrid only from the picture. You have to be sure your plants origin from the wild or the stock founded before Berg’s crossing.
K.

[Tony Willis]

My first attempt at growing Pleione maculata with much excellent cultural advice from Alex.

The first bulb has produced two flowers one of which is upside down. I would have really preferred it to have had just the one flower.

[Alex]

Hi Tony,

Looks great, several weeks ahead of mine - and thanks for your kind words!

Alex

[Hans J]

here is my first autumn flowering Pleione :

Pleione praecox

[karel_t]

Nice P. praecox Hans. Here is my P. praecox v. Semialba
K.

[LarsB]

Nics Karel. Can we have more pictures?

[karel_t]

... of course Lars, here they are