Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe

"Pleione grandiflora (Rolfe) Rolfe is distributed in southern Yunnan, China and Vietnam. This species grows on mossy cliffs and boulders in forests at an altitude of 2600-2900 m above sea level"

Pleione grandiflora Rolfe, Orchid Rev. xi. 291.

Pleione grandiflora Rolfe, Photos by Ralf Schneider

Pleione grandiflora Rolfe, Photos by Pedro Spínola - Orquídeas Madeira 

Family:

Orchidaceae.

Synonym:

Coelogyne grandiflora Rolfe

Pleione barbarae Braem

Pleione braemii Pinkep.

Pleione harberdii Braem

Pleione moelleri Braem

Pleione mohrii Braem

Pleione pinkepankii Braem & H.Mohr

Vietnamese name:

Lan lây ơn hoa to

English Name:

The Large Flowered Pleione

Chinese name:

大花独蒜兰 da hua du suan lan

Description: 

a miniature to small sized, cool to cold growing terrestrial and lithophyte with an elongate hersheys kiss shaped pseudobulb carrying a single apical, plicate, thin leaf that blooms as a new growth arises in the spring on a 7.5 cm long, single flowered inflorescence carrying a fragrant flower.

Distribution:

China South-Central, Vietnam (Văn Bản, Lào Cai), West Himalaya

Ecological:

On rocks in forests; 2600-2900 m. 

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

10.5 cm.

Cultivation:

Plant goes dormant in the late fall to early spring. Pot plants in a mix of bark and sphagnum moss, or in 50% peat and 50% perlite. Mix should retain moisture and should be well drained. Plants should be watered constantly during growing season. Stop watering when leaves drop. Plant should be misted lightly and potting media should be kept dried during dormancy in the fall. Keep plant cool from 16° to 75°F during growing season and cold during dormancy form 50° to 25°F. Grow in diffused light and fertilize at half strength during summer.

Type:

Henry, A. [11116], Yunnan K000079206 holotype

Ref:

orchidspecies.com

ipni.org

powo.science.kew.org 

efloras.org

orchids.fandom.com