Pleione
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Read about Pleione in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
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Pleione (from Greek mythology: Pleione, mother of the Pleiades). Orchidaceae. A small group of orchids related to Coelogyne, and requiring similar treatment. Pseudobulbs soon dying: lvs. thin, deciduous, falling usually after the pseudobulbs are matured: fls. large, brightly colored, one or two borne on short scapes, produced from base of pseudobulbs.—-About 13 species (Pfitzer & Kranzlin. Engler's Pflanzenreich, hft. 1907), of the mountains of India, extending to elevations where snow and frost are not uncommon. Few are cult, in Amer. P. Hookeriana, T. Moore. Pseudobulbs seldom over 1 in. high lvs. small, produced with the fls. : fls. 2—2 1/2 in. across, rose-purple lip lighter; throat pale yellow. Sikkim. O. 1914, p. 75.—P. humilis D. Don. Pseudobulbs 1-lvd. : lvs. up to 8 in. long, 1 1/2 in. wide scape 1- or rarely 2-fld.; fls. nodding; sepals lanceolate, somewhat acute, white, 1 1/2-2 in. long; petals similar, white, obovate from a cuneate base; lip emarginate, the disk yellow, brown-spotted. Trop. Himalayas. J.F. 2:158. B.M. 5674.—P. pogonioides, Rolfe. Fls. terminal, showy, rosy red with a whitish disk; sepals and petals somewhat connivent, oblong-lanceolate, about 1 1/2 in. long; lip large, convolute around the column. China. B.M. 8588.—P. Schilleriana,Pfitz. & Kranzl. Pseudobulbs 2-lvd.: fls. yellow, with lip spotted purple or orange-red; lip deeply 3-lobed. Moulmein. O.1914, p.78. — P. yunnanensis, Rolfe. Fls. rose or purple; sepals and petals similar, 1 1/2 in. long, about 1/3 in.broad, oblong-obovate; lip broadly cuneate, 3-lobed, about 1 1/4 in. long and broad. Yunnan. B.M. 8106. G.C. III. 41:152; 59:161. G.M. 49:781. J.H. III.52:251. O. 1914, p. 79. George V. Nash.
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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