| Hi Anton,
I usually hear it pronounced PLEE-oh-nee (which is how i pronounce it) and occasionally PLAY-oh-nee. Last year a gentleman brought what I can only describe as a 'pan' of these to orchid club. It was a shallow bulb pan about 40+cm in diameter, FULL of blossoms. there must have been 50 blossoms, a spectacular display. He grows them outdoors here in the Melbourne area. i'm told they are really quite easy to grow along the southern part of Australia where it is cool and that they grow similarly to some native Australian terrestrials. |