Ya right Andrew, we need the pictures to prove it. hah!

That said, often spent inflos will grow leaves, so I suppose it's possible they have the physiology to actually root as well.

Hi Dave,
I actually have a plumeria that had grown an inflo but before buds formed, it turned into a branch, so I guess it does make sense. I promise to get pics but I'm thinking I will wait a week and then I will take the pic. That way maybe these white bumps will grow roots by then.

I am just thrilled at the possibility that I could end up with another 'San Mirie'. Dave if you don't have this variety, YOU NEED ONE!! I wasn't kidding when I said the fragrance was amazing! It was! I can predict now that this will be one of my all time top 10 favs in my collection!

Andrew

Andrew, just before Mimi shut down the yahoo group we were experimenting with rooting inflos. It has happened. It seems it works better with a fresh inflo and just like cuttings some do and some don't. More don't it would seem from the results we were getting. Some had an inflo get broken off and they just put it in the pot and it rooted. And yes I have seen the pis. That's another one for George to figure out. Good luck on your new adventure. Peg

Hi Andrew,
inflos sometimes turn into branches. Here is an example.

So, I am not surprise at all you can root an inflo.

Peg,
there are better ways to quickly multiply a variety than rooting an inflo. For example, the professionals in Thailand use chip grafting tecgniques, where they turn each eyelet into a new plant.

tc, George

Andrew,
Someone back in the early 2000's had a post similar to your who I believed lived in Calif. The person who posted the thread also had a pic showing the roots on her inflo. I can't remember but I think it was on Gardenweb or could have been on MPG also. I believe that the poster potted up the inflo to see what would happen. If I recall her inflo after potting it up did not make it .... So congrats and post an update on your inflo.

Hi George,
Mimi was what I would call a plumeria mad scientist. She often just wanted to experiment to see if she could root diffrent parts of the plumeria. It wasn't really because she wanted/needed to reproduce the plumie, it was just for the heck of it.

Hopefully Peg can remember this, I remember parts of her other experiment...Mimi used a certain type of rock, and she placed a layer of these rocks into glass or plastic bottles, along with the cutting, and she got these to root.

When it came to rare, one of a kind cuttings, especially when she only had a few of them, she would ONLY root them using the raw egg method, as she had the best results with this method, as I myself do. She was the one who named me her poster boy for the egg rooting method...lol...apparently because I had the best results, and highest success rates out of her beginners.

Hi James,
I will have to see if I can find this post. So I am assuming she also had the inflo in water? If and when these roots continue to grow, I will wait until I get a cup full of roots. I also will be using the raw egg, as I seem to have the best root development with it.

I can't tell you how happy I am to see these roots grow! Diane Gotti so generously gave me the cutting and having the cutting come from Tom Morin's tree made it even more special! I love knowing that my Sanmirie came from the original tree that Tom named.

Maybe what I should do is document(with pictures), the progression of this cutting from where it is now in a cup of rain water, to hopefully with it being potted up and growing in a pot. The only thing I am thinking is even if I do get it to grow, this cutting will take forever to grow into a mature blooming tree.

Andrew

yes, inflos can turn into branches if left on the tree. and if vigorous enough can also be rooted like a cutting.

I have an inflo that turned into a stem... Even posted the pic on another forum... I plan on cutting it and rooting it separately...