The promenaea I can't help you with, but the plumeria I can..

A rooted cutting is easy to grow. Here in Texas I have two that take FULL SUN (and granted..it's a HOT HOT HOT sun in July/August)...If the temps get below 50 degrees, they drop their leaves and go dormant and have MINIMAL water needs. If they are dormant, let the potting media go dry and just mist the top of it every couple of weeks. Mine stay in a garage over the winter with very minimal light and water.

Gradually acclimate your cutting to full sun..and water copiously and feed good when in active growth. These are EASY dirt plants. It might be a couple of years before your cutting blooms, but the scent is FANTASTIC.

Good luck. If you have any specific questions, just post them and I'll be happy to help!

Clint
(very non-cliqish)

Awesome, thanks Clint.
That was really my question was where to put it. I live in Colorado and have the option of east or west porch to put it out. The info I read said some can take full sun some not. I have seen them giant in key west just out in full sun. But since mine is a noid I didn't want to fry it. The friend that gave it to me was born in Hawaii but now lives inCO and hers is like 8 years old and has never bloomed so I didn't want to go by her instructions. But I don't think that she fertilizes. Nor do I know that she lets it go dormant in the winter.
Thanks again, I feel like I should have introduced myself way back.....Hi I'm Shani

Shani,

Your friend's probably doesn't bloom because she doesn't give it enough sun. I have family in Manitou Springs and I do know that your summers are quite a bit cooler than ours. I say acclimate it to full sun! West exposure is better than East. A Full south exposure would be better.

If you are slow to acclimate the plant, I seriously doubt it will fry.

Alternate a balanced fert and bloom booster every couple of weeks.

My two cuttings bloomed in their second year after being rooted and given full hot Texas sun from May-October. My last blooms faded around Halloween and the plant went dormant by Thanksgiving.

I grew my promenea (just traded it away) along with paphs and ctsms under fluorescent lights. Paphs and ctsms reliably bloom there, as did the promenea. I had it in a finer bark mix, kept on the wetter side, almost like a phrag. Seemed very happy.

Carolyn

my biggest problem with my promenaea (species)was finding the right light. They have very fine leaves and if too close to the flourscents (or the window)they paled out very quickly. I don't keep mine as wet as a phrag but do treat them along the lines of zygos (same family). I water very frequently but keep them in baskets with a sphg/lava/bark mix that holds some water but also drains very well. I love the little guys.
Hope this helps
Judy

Yes, it does help thank you. I do not grow under lights, but I do grow pahps and prags so I catch your drift there.

But what about feeding, are they heavy or light feeders?

Thank you for the plumeria help too. That was exactly what I needed to hear, I moved him to a south window this morning. Also, I can put him on the south side of the deck when weather permits.

Shani

South side of deck..YES YES!

Slowly acclimate..begin on the east side for a week..move to the west side for a couple of weeks..then plunk it on the south side of the deck.....

Welcome Shani, Clint is the expert on Plumeria, but I've been fooling around with them for a couple of years in cold NY. I got a few cuttings last year and summered them on my deck in SW full sun. They grew like weeds and one bloomed. Now I added 4 more to the group and haven't planted them yet.

I just treated them like the rest of my outdoor, potted plants. I used time-release fertilizer and watered when dry. I brought them in for winter, but the kept some of their leaves. Never went totally dormant. I have them in a SE window now waiting for warmer weather.

So far, so good.

Promenaea, I have one in a West window in Aussie Gold. Seems happy, I only have it a few months. It needs to be watered frequently.

Jane