Hi Deb,

If it were me, I would let the cutting dry for another few weeks, then use rooting hormone on the bottom inch, place it in perlite/potting mix, top it off with pea gravel to keep the cutting from moving in the wind. Water once and put it in the hottest, brightest spot you have. Keep it pretty dry and it will start to put out roots and leaves real soon.

Thanks again for the plants. Nearly every one is rooted and in the ground. One of the orchids is in bloom!

Linda Leaf

Hi Deb,
Linda's advice is sound but I don't usually water first, sometimes. I wownder though if a cutting that has had problems with rot would benefit from watering. Me personally I would worry about rot again, even if the cutting was calloused over.

Another great way to keep humidity up is to use a clear plastic bag. I put a few sticks in and then place bag over. IT's best not to have the cutting touching the plastic or you may end up with rot again.

Andrew

Maybe the south Florida climate allows us to play by different rules, but I've never heard of so much fuss over frangipani sticks. The two times that I've given away my cuttings, they've been put in the ground (staked, of course) or potted (standard dirt, as far as I know) within a couple of days of being cut and pretty much forgotten about. I've seen them both months/years afterwards, and they were both successful.

Can't help much with the cutting. I found I had to cut back well beyond the rot spot to eliminate the problem.

I had one in part sun and had a huge problem with rust, and no blooms.

That far north it will likely have to go inside for winter. I gave one to a buddy in Ocala and it froze dead this past winter.

Sorry to be gloomy, maybe it's too late for me to be on here.

Best of luck to you!

Down here in the Keys most people just stick them in the sandy ground and they root. I've done it many times and it works well. However, if you do it after July or during a period of lots of rain, many will rot. Dry early spring is the key to that method. I trimmed my tree with a 20' spread and one of the branches fell down into a large Lady Palm. A couple of months later I saw all these white roots sticking out and it had rooted just laying in there, 2 feet away from any soil, just touching the bark of the Lady Palm.
I gave it to a friend and it's now a 7-8 foot tree.

I think that is one thing Florida has over California, comparing to Hawaii. You have humidity in Florida, like Hawaii does. Is Californians have little humidity. I think plumies love the humidity!