Hi Nixon,
Congrats to the max. I hear reds are very very difficult to root.. happy for you it made it. Do show pictures on its progress. Yea for the others.
Karen B

Congrats. I hadn't heard until recently that the reds were more difficult to root. I received a number of cuttings around the same time and my SP was one of the first to put out lots of foliage and it rooted fairly quickly. It also put out a nice big inflo : )
Karyn

Congratulations! ItÂs a hard concept for people new to plumeria to grasp, that a little benign neglect is better than intense TLC. Glad you were able to restrain yourself and have success.

Philip

Hi Philip,
yes, think going away sometimes is the best thing for growing pumeria. YOU can actually see something has happened or Grown!!! a leaf is bigger...etc. I actually saw being away progress in my plumie garden!!! Think like all, watch too much. Boy they are slow.
Karen

I've heard reds are more difficult too, but that's not been my experience. I have a generic hot pink/bright red that's easy. My 'Samoan Red' (whatever that is) rooted easily. My Hilo Beauty rooted easily. My Kauka Wilder rotted. My Daisy Wilcox was slow, slow, slow. I think it may have more to do with the 'freshness' of the cutting?? Who knows? Maybe just the Scott Pratt is difficult.

First of all -- let me apologize for my laziness. I really don't need another internet account so no Photobucket -- sorry! So, I've added a link to my Web album on Google. The plumeria pictures are the last few so you can skip right to it if you don't want to see the other stuff. Have fun!

Nixon

Here is a link that might be useful: Plant pictures

Sad to report that since the NOID white and yellow were doing so well with rooting and that there were no response from the pink, that I decided to take it out to have a look that it has completely rotted almost to the top. There's probably about 1" of cutting left that has not rotted. I am going to let it calluse over and give it a try -- it would have gone in the dumpster otherwise. We'll see.

ok, have to ask, what's a NOID?

NO ID so easy once you know isn't it? ;-)

brighty: it's ok, I had to ask that question too. The unidentified anything in the plant world is called a NOID -- meaning No ID.

brighty: I should also add that an NOID can sometimes be identified by an expert once it blooms and also by the frangrance of the bloom.

Thanks! I knew you guys would understand and not laugh too hard at my question. Wow, I have a few NOIDs of my own and didn't even know it!

I just started purchasing named varieties last summer. So several are just beginning to bloom. My first plumerias were all unidentified and 'generic' colors. They are still some of my favorite plants. Maybe that will change as the new ones begin to bloom -- I don't know. But there's nothing bad about a no-ID plant!

Nice plants Nixon, see your surroundings so they're all containerised? Lot of work for you but they look good.
Ok then, I too have to admit to not knowing what a 'noid' plant is and now realise I also have several of them myself!...Hands up anyone else who didn't know...be honest!
Gill ; ¬ P

Hey Gill, thanks! That's the perile of living in the city and living in Zone 5. Everything has to be in containers (for living in an apartment in the city) and brought in before or after the first frost (for living in zone 5). The tropicals and houseplants (Plumeria, goldfish plant, gardenia, etc.) come in before first frost, some of the hardier ones (like Clematis and other perennials) come in after first frost.

Nixon