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07-01-2014, 12:38 AM
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Plumeria - IT BLOOMED
my Plumeria cutting finally bloomed - 3 years i think from rooting to bloom.
i have two pics, one with my regular camera and one with my phone camera
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07-01-2014, 03:53 AM
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07-01-2014, 06:16 AM
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Plumeria make fantastic live mounts for orchids to grow on as well.
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07-01-2014, 02:34 PM
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That is so lovely! Hoping my plumies will be like that soon!
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07-01-2014, 07:22 PM
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Beautiful! How's the fragrance? My cuttings are all still making leaves. Only year two though
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07-01-2014, 09:45 PM
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07-01-2014, 11:46 PM
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Congratulations! I love the color of yours. I have a white and a yellow that I hope will bloom soon. Yours is so pretty.
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07-01-2014, 11:57 PM
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Beautiful!
One thing I loved about visiting Hawaii was these big Plumaria trees with big fragrant flowers on them.
I wanted to buy the cuttings at the airport, but I thought they needed to get very big to start blooming.
How do you grow it in winter? I know you're in mild climate, but just curious regarding your care of this plant.
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07-02-2014, 12:34 AM
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i keep looking at the bigger plumerias and thinking the same thing - wonder if an orchid would like that as a mount...can't try it out right now though, the winter will kill the ones i have.
this one is scented - its rather strong if you get in close, um very perfumey - i don't really have a good reference for the scent
After reading up on a plumeria forum - i came to the conclusion that i did everything wrong getting this guy started. but it started and grew, I had it in morning sun and it loved it, lots of leaves. didn't realize these guys go dormant in winter...so for the first 2 years it didn't get a winter rest. it finally got to be a bit too big to be inside, so i kicked it outside last summer partial sun. then as it got colder, the plant dropped its leaves and i reduced watering a lot. tried not to let it freeze - we did have some nights below freezing, but not too many - early spring, once it started coming back to life, i gradually moved it to full sun and it bloomed for me.
this is my first plumeria ever - had never seen one before. they are neat trees. I have a second cutting that i started at the beginning of winter and its growing along nicely, now outside with the other one - we will see if this one blooms in spring or not...
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07-02-2014, 12:37 AM
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Well, I don't think Hawaii gets that cool in the winter, but Plumerias grow huge there.
What kind of winter do they need??
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