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To be able to get a nice garden full of Pleiones, Phytesia gets you a kit including the 4 following orchids to grow :
- Pleione 'Tongariro' garden orchid
- Pleione formosana garden orchid
- Pleione 'Glacier Peak' garden orchid
- Pleione 'Snow Monkey' garden orchid
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Range | Easy Garden |
Color | Variable |
Flowering | April, May |
Height | 20-30 cm |
Exposure | Sun, Semi-shade |
Hardiness | Half-Hardy (-10°C) |
Presentation | 1 liter container, flowering size plant, 2-3 shoots |
Planting
Tolerating only light frost (-10°C), these orchids will not be able to be kept in the garden in regions with harsh winters. We recommend, at least in those regions, to cultivate them in a pot in order to winter them away from strong frost. Be sure however to select a large enough pot (diameter 20cm) in order to avoid impeding the development of the new peripheral bulbs.
These orchids are highly tolerant with regard to their substrate. You can keep them in peat-based substrate.
For optimal results, Phytesia also recommends a specific substrate for garden orchids of the genus Pleione and Bletilla.
This ready-to-use mixture (5L Sack/13.90 euros) is suitable for planting 2 or 3 garden orchids.
Exposure
The ideal exposure will be semi-shaded. A site in the sun is not excluded but then take care to keep the substrate wet as from the spring and during the entire summer.
Growth phase...
During the winter, the plant is at total rest and only the bulb persists. Keep it dry and sheltered from severe frost during the entire winter period until the resumption of growth at the end of the winter.
At the beginning of spring, when the bulbs start to germinate, moisten the substrate very slightly.
The young Pleione shoots develop in march-april and flower in the spring. After flowering, the plant continues to develop its foliage and to mature its bulbs. Come the autumn, Pleione go into their winter dormancy, and the leaves yellow, fade and disappear.
Over the years, the bulbs divide to form increasingly large masses.
This garden orchid is part of Phytesia's Easy Garden series and comes packed in a 1 liter container, flowering size plant, 3-4 shoots. The Pleione formosana will flourish into a Pink-mauve flower from April to May up to 20-30 cm. This Half-Hardy (-10°C) orchid will survive the winter if you leave it in a Semi-shade location of your garden.
This garden orchid is part of Phytesia's Easy Garden series and comes packed in a 1 liter , flowering size plant, 3-4 bulbs. The Pleione 'Tongariro' will flourish into a Red-purple flower from May to June up to 20-30 cm. Discover also our Pleione 'Tongariro' XXL (6-8 bulbs).
Pleione 'Glacier Peak' is a very spectacular large flowered hybrid resulting from the cross between Pleione formosana alba and Pleione grandiflora. Flowering in spring (April-May). Delivered in 11 cm pots with 3-4 rooted bulbs. Each bulb will produce 1 to 2 flowers. The bulbs should not be buried in the substrate but planted so that 1/3 of their size is...
Pleione 'Snow Monkey' is a cross between Pleione yunnanensis and grandiflora. It is characterised by fairly large, peach to pastel pink petals surrounding a lip marked with yellow, orange or red on the inside. The colouring is variable but the flowers are always attractive. It produces smaller bulbs than other crosses but these will flower even when...