Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & H.Pfennig

"Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & H.Pfennig is native to Yunnan Province in China. These plants are found in the western part of the Yunnan Province, in rhododendron forests at elevations around 2700 m" 

Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & Pfennig, Orchidee (Hamburg) 39(3): 111 (1988).

Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & Pfennig, Photo by Mikael Anderlund

its native range is China (W. Yunnan).

Latinh Name: 

Pleione aurita P.J.Cribb & Pfennig

Synonym:

No

English Name:

The Golden Pleione (refers tothe golden calli of the lip).

Chinese name:

艳花独蒜兰 yan hua du suan lan

Description: 

Species that has conical, angular pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical erect, acute, narrowly-elliptic, deciduous leaf that gives rise to an erect, 5 to 15 cm long, slender, single flowered inflorescence arising on a new growth and having elliptic-oblanceolate, acute floral bracts, all appearing after all the leaves have fallen off the psuedobulbs and occuring in the spring. Needing a definite dry winter rest, start after the leaves begin to yellow, then refrain from fertilizer till after blooming.

Distribution:

China South-Central.

Ecological:

On west facing slopes in rhodedendron forests at elevations around 1400-2800 m as a small.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the autumn.

Flower size:

8 cm.

Cultivation:

LIGHT/LOCATION: shady

BODEN: leicht sauer

WATERING: Pour every 7 days

FERTILIZATION: none

PLANT SIZE: flowered (ready for planting)

PLANTING: spring

INFO: hardy (-10 °C)

Type:

Distribution Of Types:

China.

Pfennig, H. [s.n.], Yunnan K000079222 holotype