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Pleione

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Noun1.Pleione - small genus of dwarf orchidsPleione - small genus of dwarf orchids; India to Thailand and Taiwan
genus Pleione
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Indian crocus - any of several dwarf orchids of the genus Pleione bearing one or two solitary white or pink to magenta or occasionally yellow flowers with slender stalks
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Tom Goff collected another of the Niarchos draft, three-year-old Pleione, a half-sister to Hernando and aunt of this season's Beresford Stakes winner Curtain Call, for 450,000gns.
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A pleione or hardy orchid called Shantung Golden Jubilee is available from Springwood Nurseries of Leeds.
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Pleiones from the orchid family flourish in the shade of a peat bed and in early summer an otherworldly nasturtium from Chile, Tropaeolum polyphyllum, throw swags of blue flowers and yellow leaves through the gravel at the front of the house.
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