Pleione formosana
Windowsill orchid, Pleioine bulbocodioides, Taiwan pleione
Pleione Pleione
P. formosana - P. formosana is a deciduous perennial with rounded pseudobulbs, each producing a lilac-pink flower with brown-marked, white lips in spring followed by one folded, elliptic to lance-shaped, mid-green leaf.
Pleione formosana is: Deciduous
Erect, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
Lilac-pink in Spring
Mid-green in Spring; Mid-green in Summer
Aphids , Glasshouse red spider mite , Mealybugs , Scale insects Aphids , Glasshouse red spider mite , Mealybugs , Scale insects
May suffer from virus.
Divide pseudobulbs every year when repotting. Repot before flowering.
Division
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Pleione formosana (Windowsill orchid) will reach a height of 0.15m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Indoor, Greenhouse, Containers, Rock
Plant in mid-spring in sharply-drained, moderately fertile, leafy, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil in shelter & partial shade. In cold areas, protect from cold & winter wet with an open cloche. Under glass, grow in shallow pans in orchid compost.
Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Partial Shade
East, West
Sheltered
Indoor unheated (H2), Tender in frost (H3)
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Pleione formosana
Windowsill orchid, Pleioine bulbocodioides, Taiwan pleione
Pleione Pleione
P. formosana - P. formosana is a deciduous perennial with rounded pseudobulbs, each producing a lilac-pink flower with brown-marked, white lips in spring followed by one folded, elliptic to lance-shaped, mid-green leaf.
Deciduous
Erect, Upright
RHS AGM (Award of Garden Merit)
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Lilac-pink in Spring
Mid-green in Spring; Mid-green in Summer
Aphids , Glasshouse red spider mite , Mealybugs , Scale insects
May suffer from virus.
Divide pseudobulbs every year when repotting. Repot before flowering.
Division
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Pleione formosana (Windowsill orchid) will reach a height of 0.15m and a spread of 0.3m after 5-10 years.
Indoor, Greenhouse, Containers, Rock
Plant in mid-spring in sharply-drained, moderately fertile, leafy, humus-rich, neutral to acid soil in shelter & partial shade. In cold areas, protect from cold & winter wet with an open cloche. Under glass, grow in shallow pans in orchid compost.
Loamy, Sandy
Well-drained
Acid, Neutral
Partial Shade
East, West
Sheltered
Indoor unheated (H2), Tender in frost (H3)
Zone 11, Zone 10, Zone 9
Pleione formosana (Windowsill orchid)
Orchidophilus spp.
Insect
Absent
3
4
A pest of orchids spreading in trade. Currently absent from the UK and unlikely to establish outdoors. Could cause severe damage to hosts growing in protected cultivation.
Pleione formosana (Windowsill orchid)
common blossom thrips; cotton bud thrips; tomato thrips
Frankliniella schultzei
Insect
Absent
2
3
Polyphagous glasshouse pest; present in many countries; single finding in UK.
Pleione formosana (Windowsill orchid)
Rice leaf nematode; Strawberry crimp disease nematode; White tip nematode; White tip nematode of rice
Aphelenchoides besseyi
Nematode
Absent
2
3
Damaging nematode affecting rice crops and strawberry production in warmer climates; could potentially present a threat to strawberry production and ornamental production in protected environments. But modern production practices seem to reduce likelihood of impacts. Pest is also regulated at EU level; which reduces likelihood of entry.
Our plants are under greater threat than ever before. There is increasing movement of plants and other material traded from an increasing variety of sources. This increases the chances of exotic pests arriving with imported goods and travellers, as well as by natural means. Shoot is working with Defra to help members to do their part in preventing the introduction and spread of invasive risks.
Traveling or importing plants? Please read "Don't risk it" advice here
Suspected outbreak? Click here for contact details to report to the relevant authority.
Date updated: 7th March 2019 For more information visit: https://planthealthportal.defra.gov.uk/
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Soil types: | Loamy, Sandy | Tell us... |
Soil drainage: | Well-drained | Tell us... |
Soil pH: | Acid, Neutral | Tell us... |
Light: | Partial Shade | Tell us... |
Aspect: | East, West | Tell us... |
Exposure: | Sheltered | Tell us... |
Hardiness: | Indoor unheated (H2), Tender in frost (H3) | Tell us... |
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