Raising Pleione Maculata from seed

[s1214215]

Originally Posted by rogerman

I will be selling at Jatujak on Wednesdays and Thursdays soon at the plant market.

Let me know when you start selling there. I will be interested to have a look at your orchids. Mostly after flasks of species though.

Brett

[rogerman]

If you are looking for species of Orchids..... I'd either go to Supa Orchids..... Main road Puttamonton Sai4 or KB Orchids in Patum Thani

Sure, I shouldn't be too far away from selling...... Might be in a couple months when the flowers start coming back due to the seasons...... It's starting to get hard finding Orchids with flowers at the moment. Wholesale, that is.

[s1214215]

I found KB online, do you have a contact for Supa Orchids?

Brett

[rogerman]

No, i'm sorry i don't..... I go past them on the way to the lab i use (BioU lab).

[s1214215]

Thanks anyway. I might go over that way and see if I can find them sometime. I will check BioU as well as I am still shopping around for a lab. The one I checked out sounded ok, but its good to see who else is about.

Brett

[rogerman]

I know there are many around, but i don't know where. BioU is cheap but good, where others are more pricey. Another good place to go is Talad Nam Don Wai.... you'll find flasks there too.

[s1214215]

cool.. Many thanks

[Dorothy]

I love Pleiones !!

Here are some more sites -
Easy Orchids - Pleione
Terrestrial Orchid Gallery - თáƒ�ვფუáƒ*ცელი > Pleione
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Vendors -
Fraser's Thimble Farms - Perennials - Asarum
Pleione at Santa Barbara Orchid Estate
Oak Hill Gardens

[s1214215]

[QUOTE=Dorothy;196450] I love Pleiones !!

Thanks Dorothy

I love them too.. Though Maculata is my 100% favourite. I am more into species and their preservation..

After travelling a lot in the developing nations of the world and living for four years in Thailand I have come to realise the importance of flasking species and sharing them around. I am now trying to collect species not currently available in Australia to take back when I go late this year. I know I have some friends in species societies there drooling.

On my last trip through China/Myanmar (Burma) I saw orchids such as Pleiones, vandas etc sold on the roadside by people trying to eek out a living. While I see no way to stop that, we have to preserve what we have.

ooops.. getting way off topic. Perhaps I should open a thread on preservation and the ineffectiveness of CITES.

Brett

[Dorothy]

Very interesting ! Fascinating life you have!...
Be my guest and make that thread .. I am sure you will get plenty of feedback from the members here