Plumeria rubra
By Meanie
- 24 Oct, 2011
- 11 likes
Taken at Oxfords botanic gardens today. Looks as if I was a day or two early.......
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At first glance I thought you bought yourself a plant!
24 Oct, 2011
Wait until May next year Sticki and make it worth the effort!
I did Alex - a yellow Phalaenopsis orchid reduced to a quid!
24 Oct, 2011
A quid!!! I give up.
I thought you bought yourself a Plumeria.
24 Oct, 2011
Thanks for the tip.
24 Oct, 2011
I wish!
24 Oct, 2011
Remember this Sticki - should be in bloom round about May................
http://www.growsonyou.com/meanie/photos/Macrobotrys
24 Oct, 2011
I couldn't forget that one! It's just fabulous.
24 Oct, 2011
Meanie....you lucky devil......I have 4 on the go now, and although they look so healthy, I just cant get a bloom out of them.....tut ...Lol
24 Oct, 2011
I'll give everyone plenty of notice Sticki!
I wish that it was mine Milky! It was at OBG today.
24 Oct, 2011
Thank you! Just got to remember now!
GoY convention in May then?
24 Oct, 2011
That's a thought!
24 Oct, 2011
And later a choice of food on the cowley road?
24 Oct, 2011
Could be a plan!
24 Oct, 2011
You were just a few hours too early. Plumeria flowers open very quickly! Of course, you know I have several trees in my yard.
29 Oct, 2011
I'm going to have to stop looking and start buying Delonix!
29 Oct, 2011
Yes, the flowers are definitely worth it! :>)
1 Nov, 2011
On my list of things to do!
1 Nov, 2011
Meanie:
Seeds are easy to germinate. However (and it's a big HOWEVER), seedling plants are very variable to which color the flowers will be, and it takes up to 4 or 5 years to bloom. This is the reason why here in CA. we almost always plant them for cuttings.
2 Nov, 2011
I'll probably take my chances with seeds as I haven't seen any bad Plumerias whatever the colour!
How long to flower from cuttings?
2 Nov, 2011
In many cases within 2 or 3 months of plants cutting (if planted in spring or summer).
3 Nov, 2011
So I just need to find someone in the UK who will allow me too cut a chunk off of their prize plant then!
3 Nov, 2011
Yes, I was guessing this could be quite a dilemma in the UK. Here in San Diego it's not a problem at all...people are always giving Plumeria cuttings away.
3 Nov, 2011
I don't know anyone with one so that's the first sticking point! Seeds are the way to go.
3 Nov, 2011
Then again, when MY Plumeria starts to bloom.....I can always send you a cutting. You just have to wait a few more years.
3 Nov, 2011
I would send Meanie a plumeria cutting, if it wasn't so darned expensive to mail to the UK.
4 Nov, 2011
International rates are expensive, it will also take a lot longer to get there.
Delonix,
Question:
My new Plumeria seedlings are in a not so hot room ...(the back of my shops to be exact) Move them or keep them there and see what happens???
4 Nov, 2011
Is there a reason why you have them indoors now?
I would think they should do much better outside in the sun, then indoors. If you keep them indoors in low light, the leaves will fall off.
6 Nov, 2011
I started the seeds in the back of the shop, those windows there get super sun in the summer. (Remember I spend most of my time in the shops in the summer months.)
I moved them to the house yesterday, they are on a south facing window now. Nice and warm too.
It cools down in the evenings now no matter how hot it is during the day. It's been lovely in the low to mid 20's.
I have the five big Plumeria's in the house as well, new leaves keep coming! Some of their lower leaves have fallen off making them look more like a tree.
6 Nov, 2011
With our postal service, any cuttings would be dead by the time they arrived Delonix!
6 Nov, 2011
Meanie:
Not true. Plumeria cuttings can be viable for almost a year...or sometimes longer (depending on how they're stored).
6 Nov, 2011
.....or you water them to death.
6 Nov, 2011
Oh!
They would almost certainly snap them anyway............
7 Nov, 2011
Yes, the quickest way to kill a plumeria cutting is by over watering.
Plumeria cuttings only need water once until they start growing. They demand dry soil until they develop a good root system.
7 Nov, 2011
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This photo was taken at The University of Oxford Botanic Garden.
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Oh that is superb! I nearly went to those botanic gardens the other day.
24 Oct, 2011