Pleione maculata is a stunning large flowered white variety with wonderful dark red and golden yellow markings on the lip
These are now ready potted and should flower in the autumn
Pleione Asama is a cross of Pleione pleionoides and Pleione Vesuvius and has intensely coloured cerise flowers with red markings on the paler lip
Pleione 'Fuego' is a hybrid of P. formosana x P. bulbocodioides and produces lilac coloured large flowers with dark red markings on the lip, flowers in spring. Ideal for kitchen windowsil and are hardy plants down to around 3C
Pleione 'Jorullo' which is a hybrid of P. limprichtii x P. bulbocodioides and produces dark purple coloured large flowers on fairly tall stems with yellow spots on the very frilly lip, flowers in spring. Ideal for kitchen windowsil and are hardy plants down to around 3C.
Pleione 'Piton' is a hybrid of P. formosana x P. yunnanensis and produces pale lilac coloured flowers with almost white throat and violet markings on the lip, a long lasting variety.
Pleione 'Vesuvius' is a hybrid of P. bulbocodioides x P. confusa and produces dark pink/mauve coloured flowers with dark pink markings on the peachy coloured lip, flowers in spring. Often these are fragrant too!
Pleione formosana is a species producing pale pink/rose flowers with a paler lip. Ideal for kitchen windowsil and are hardy plants down to around 3C
This is a large flowered variety producing intense pink flowers and a large lip heavily marked with bright red!. Ideal for kitchen windowsil and are hardy plants down to around 3C
Pleione forrestii is a stunning golden yellow variety with wonderful dasrk red spots and markings on the lip
Pleione grandiflora is a stunning large flowered white variety with wonderful yellow lip with orange spots on it!
Pleione praecox is a large flowered pale lilac variety with a white lip marked with yellow
Pleione saxicola is a large flowered dark pink/cerise variety with darker markings on the lip
Pleione scopulorum is a lovely pink variety with tubular lip of the same colour but with red and yellow markings
Pleione Shantung 'Ducat' is a hybrid of P. formosana x P. confusa and produces bright yellow flowers with vivid red markings on the frilly yellow lip - this is considered the King of Pleione!
This kit includes 15cm pot, Pleione compost, orchid feed, plant label and 5 bulbs of Pleione 'Fuego' which is a hybrid of P. formosana x P. bulbocodioides and produces lilac coloured large flowers with dark red markings on the lip, flowers in spring.
Ideal for kitchen windowsill and are hardy plants down to around 3C.
These kits will be sent out at the start of December for potting up over the Christmas period, they flower in late spring
This kit includes 15cm pot, Pleione compost, orchid feed, plant label and 5 bulbs of Pleione 'Jorullo' which is a hybrid of P. limprichtii x P. bulbocodioides and produces dark purple coloured large flowers on fairly tall stems with yellow spots on the very frilly lip, flowers in spring.
Ideal for kitchen windowsil and are hardy plants down to around 3C.
These kits will be sent out at the start of December for potting up over the Christmas period, they flower in late spring
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