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Pleione grandiflora 'MC7021' × sib 'MC7020'
 
 
 
 
Number: TN8131
Name: Pleione grandiflora 'MC7021' × sib 'MC7020'
Type: sib    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Troy C. Meyers
 
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Pod Parent Flower
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Pollen Parent Flower
 
 
Comments: P. grandiflora is fairly new to cultivation outside of China. The original stock came from Taiwan some 20 years ago. The identification has been confirmed by Cribb & Butterfield.

Pod parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN5879 effort of 2006.

Pollen parent plant: One of the offspring from our TN5879 effort of 2006.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 67°F, nights 49°F; best fit is Cool 70-52°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:   Winter: days average 55°F, nights 34°F; best fit is Cold-Frigid 52-32°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...
Etymology of grandiflora   From Latin "grandiflorus" large-flowered. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Etymology of Pleione   From Greek "pleione" annual. Relating to the short life span of the leaves of some species in the genus. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of grandiflora   gran-di-FLOE-ra (Source: Hawkes 1978)
Pronunciation of Pleione   play-OH-nee (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
See if we have plants available in the greenhouse.
Yield Estimate: 272 plants (based on flask surveys done 05/17/2016 through 08/07/2019)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 2 - 80 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 05/17/2016 through 07/10/2020)
From one most recently surveyed flask 50 - 80 mm (07/10/2020)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Southern Yunnan in southwest China on rocks in mountain forests at 8700-9300 ft. (2652-2835 m).
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