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Species |
Price
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Flower
Time |
Description |
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aurita
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£10.00
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Late Spring
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Large pink flowers
with a pursed lip, marked yellow or orange, with white hairs. Makes large
pseudobulbs. Prefers compost of mostly moss.
Sorry, sold out. |
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bulbo-codioides
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£4.00
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Late Spring
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Mauve pink with dark
lip markings. Variable. Very attractive when massed in a bowl.
The most widely distributed pleione of all. Easy to grow.
Sorry, sold out. |
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formosana
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£3.00
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April / May
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Pale rose & cream,
variable from near white through all shades of pink. The lip is near
white with pink, purple or brown spots. Excellent beginners' orchid,
prolific grower. Makes large bulbs, mostly with more than one stem.
Sorry, sold out. |
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formosana
v.
alba
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£5.00
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April / May
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Sparkling white flowers with
lemon yellow spots in the lip. Long stemmed and most attractive in a group.
Prolific grower producing large, multi stemmed bulbs.
Bulbils:
yes
Sorry, sold out.
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formosana 'Verdi' |
£5.00
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April / May
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Delicate pink/violet shades, varying from
deep on the petals to lighter in the lip. The interior of the lip is
marked with terracotta spots. A very strong grower, making several new
bulbs per season. Sorry, sold out. |
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grandiflora
(white lip) |
£12.00
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March / April
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Large, sparkling white flowers. The lip is large with many frills and fringes,
marked with
yellow,
orange or brown spots. Very attractive.
Sorry, sold out. |
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grandiflora
(yellow lip) |
£12.00
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March / April
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A beautiful variant of the white P. grandiflora. It has large near white to pale yellow flowers with a frilled and fringed lip,
near white to lemon yellow.
This is overlaid with orange, terracotta or brown markings. Very showy, an eye
catcher.
Sorry, sold out. |
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maculata |
£15.00 |
October / November |
Autumn / winter
flowering.
A tropical pleione,
requiring warm conditions. The flower is white with a most distinctive
lip, white background, striped and blotted in purple with a yellow central
patch. Fragrant. Requires intermediate temperatures, no less than 15°C.
Not easy to grow.
Sorry, sold out. |
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praecox |
£10.00
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October / December
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Autumn / winter
flowering. Flowers pink with lighter coloured, tubular lip, on erect stems, often two flowers per bulb. Flowers are
long lasting in cool temperatures and have a delicious scent.
Strong grower.
Sorry, sold out.
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