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Plumeria rubra - unknown pink variety


Plumeria rubra - unknown pink variety (Plumeria rubra - unknown pink variety)

This plumeria tree had huge white and pink flowers. Photo taken in my old neighborhood in San Diego, CA. on Aug. 14, 2012.



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Gorgeous..............

15 Aug, 2012

 

What I have noticed in your photos is how near to buildings/windows the plantings seem to be, is this deliberate to provide shade to their houses Delonix1?

15 Aug, 2012

 

Milky:

Thanks! :>)

15 Aug, 2012

 

Drc726:

In the case of plumeria trees, that's one reason. Another is that many people like the fragrance of the plumeria flowers to come their doors and windows.

15 Aug, 2012

 

Ah I didnt think of the scent thanks Delonix.

15 Aug, 2012

 

Yes, some varieties have the most exotic sweet fragrances of any plant or tree in the world.

15 Aug, 2012

 

Beautiful.

30 May, 2017

 

Thanks! :>))

It's amazing it does so well. The ground there must be like concrete and it was extremely hot. Established plumeria trees in the ground tolerate quite a bit of extreme drought; however, they do have a limit...then the branches turn soft and droop.

31 May, 2017

 

Yes I bet it is like concrete with it taking water out the ground to survive. Interesting the branches go soft when its reached a limit with the heat.

31 May, 2017

 

Yes, the branches going soft means it's using up it's water and food reserve. Plumeria and other plants store food and water in their fleshy stems.

31 May, 2017

 

Thats interesting bit like a camel then. Lol.

31 May, 2017

 

Yes, very similar...believe-it-or-not. lol!

Many plants here with fleshy, succulent stems or a big caudex like for example, Adenium species store water and food.

You can see the caudex on a Adenium arabicum. I don't have a pic of mine on GoY. Here's a pics of a large A. arabicum on Wikipedia. A plant the size of the one on Wikipedia would cost a small fortune here. It must be more than 50 or 60 years old.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adenium_arabicum

1 Jun, 2017

 

Wow that is stunning it would cost that much here to most bonsai are very expensive not the ones sold in Aldi supermarket ones though they are just a bit of private.

1 Jun, 2017

 

Yes, any bonsai plant is very expensive. ?

2 Jun, 2017

 

A man up my lane does his own bonsai but I ve never seen them my sister knows him.

2 Jun, 2017



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