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Orchid Species: Pleione formosana

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Pleione formosana is an orchid species identified by Hayata in 1911.
Genus
Pleione (Pln.)
Grex
formosana
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Hayata
Year
1911
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ORIGIN: This is a small sized, cold growing terrestrial or lithophyte growing in moss on sunny rocks or on tree trunks in moist foggy areas found near the treeline in shaded locations in the mountains of Formosa at elevations of 1500 to 2500 meters.

DESCRIPTION: New growth appears. The growth of the pseudobulbs begins in the spring as it blooms and they will grow vigorously all summer until the onset of the fall which will cause the growth to stop and the leaves will drop, as this passes it is time to curtail watering and fertilizing until the process begins anew in the early spring.

FLOWER SIZE: 3 to 4 inches [6 to 10 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Pleione Pln formosanum
Add+ Pleione Pln hui 1924 Schltr.
Add+ Pleione Pln pricei 1917 Rolfe
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Pln. formosana 'Sung Eun' (2 awards from 1996 to 2003) Pln. formosana 'Meetings at CVIOS' (2019) Pln. formosana 'Dalles' (2017) Pln. formosana 'Vilbella' (2016) Pln. formosana 'Double Happiness' (2016) Pln. formosana 'McLean' (2002) Pln. formosana 'Memoria Bette Foster' (1991) Pln. formosana var. nivea 'Greentree' (1970)
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BEST PLANTS: Five Favourites for a Desert Island by Robert M. [Bert] Hamilton (Compiler). Den. infundibulum, Lycaste Aphrodite, Onc. Tiger Wyld, Paph. hirsutissimum, Laelia gouldiana, Pleione formosana; for the greenhouse with 48dF. OR85-421 0
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