"Roger Van Loon" wrote in message
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Cribb and Bailes in "Hardy Orchids" say it's doubtfully hardy in the UK.
Probably due to our wet cold winters, they live under a nice blanket of
snow
for the winter in their native lands.
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That's the info that I was looking for.
I'll grow it outside but give it some protection.
And I'll sure look for it next time I visit Kew.

Probably only needs some glass over it or bringing it under the eaves of the
house to keep off the rain, the latter is how I grow Pleione formosana
outside and have done for years.

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Bob

www.pooleygreengrowers.org.uk/ about an Allotment site in
Runnymede fighting for it's existence.