pleione formosana in flower in early October- a very nice ground orchid.

This is one of 3 pseudobulbs in a pot together that have flowered for the first time this year. It is a fairly intense purple colour right through. It is a little floppy and hangs over the side of the pot but possibly will be more vertical next year.

They are growing in a fairly good quality normal potting mixture combined with some Cymbidium potting bark mix, in a bright sunny spot where they are exposed to a lot of different weather including the odd bit of snow in winter and up to about 37 C degrees during summer.

There is a bunch or blue basol snail and slug bait scattered about on top of the pot to reduce damage at this time of the year. They love these flowers and growths.

Good reference site here : http://www.pleione.info/