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Pleione formosana
Pleione formosana, commonly called the Taiwan Pleione, is a species of plant in the Orchidaceae family. It occurs in southeastern China as well as northern and central Taiwan. Search Wikimedia Commons Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Pleione formosana Source - * China Plant Specialist Group 2004. Pleione formosana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007. This Epidendroideae-related article is a stub. More
Pleione formosana are found in foggy, high humidity areas located on alpine tundra at 2000-3700m altitudes. They usually grow vertically on rocky walls or amongst shrubbery under large forests. More
The growth of the Pleione formosana psuedobulbs begins in the spring as it blooms and they will grow vigorously all summer until the onset of the fall which will cause the growth to stop and the leaves will drop, as this passes it is time to curtail watering and fertilizing until the process begins anew in the early spring. More
well grown, Pleione formosana bulbs should double their weight in total bulb production each season. More