I guess I would want to ask what temperatures they are living in? If it's still pretty warm they need some water. When I looked closely at your plants in the picture they didn't look shriveled as much as soft to me. How long has it been since you watered? And are they newly rooted?
I went through this myself a few years back and it is heartbreaking.

Angela

Hi Tamela!!

I was also wondering about the amount of water you are giving them now... If you have been giving them water and are keeping them moist, then I would think its over watering.

I'll wait to hear what you are doing.. Watering etc.

Is that the Taj Mahal ?

I know you want the best for your babies... Il wait to hear.

Take care,

Laura

I have only watered them three times since I took them in. They've been inside since October. I did have a spider mite outbreak and fixed that. I thought it was too little watering. The temperature inside is 70 degrees. The one up front is the Taj Mahal ð I love them all and I really want to save them. They're in a very good draining soil. I hope the survive for me. I can't bear to lose them.

Hi Tamela,

This is the time they are trying to go dormant, but your stems do look like its either to much water or dehydrated . Is your mix wet? You want the mix to dry out between watering. Most of us reduce watering at this time of the year, but if your trying to keep them active then they need just a little water.

Check your mix and if its staying moist then you want to let it dry out. This might help..

I hope they do well for you this winter.. I know how much you love them!!!

Laura

Hi Tamela,

I agree with Laura.... I usually stop all watering Nov 1 in my area and cut off all leaves... when i see a plant start to wrinkle i grab my trusty Moister meter make sure the the reason it is wrinkling is due to being completely dried out and i add about a cup of water to the outer edge of pot.... Usually within 24 hours the plant will plump up... I only have a couple that will do this through out the winter.... with that being said... test your soil... the finger test is better than nothing but i recommend getting a moisture meter.. If your soil is still reading any moisture, then odds are you are have root rot issues and the reason it is shriveling up is that the roots are not able to soak up the water due to rotting and it then wrinkles. if this is the case, best bet is to remove from soil carefully. White roots are new roots, brown roots are older roots, and black roots are rotted roots.... Remove all black roots make sure you get as much as possible removed... you can then soak in water and superthrive for 24 hours then re pot ... water lightly.. and you should be ok.... if you remove and all roots are black.. you need to cut off all roots and keep cutting till you get pretty white pith ( center of plumeria cutting) soak in superthrive and water for 24 hours... then i would personally try to wait till temperatures are good for rooting...

I was going to try to get them go dormant. I stopped watering all together and that's when they shrivled. There's just no way that it's due to over watering. As soon as I saw the shrivled up trunks, that was when I decided to water them on that particular day. Now I guess I water them when dry to the touch. Right now the soil is very dry and hard. I've only watered them two times since I brought them in. I'll cut off the remaining leaves. The really shrivled ones are holding on to their leaves still. So maybe I'll see an improvement. Should I continue to mist my trees every morning? I do that with my other house plants and they love it. I guess just like my bromeliads, plumeria don't look their best Inside my home during the winter months.

Hi Tamela,

It's just so hard to see what is happening with your trees and trying to get a feel as to what they are trying to show you. Did they start to shrivel when they were outside during the fall before you brought them inside? Or after you brought them inside? When I prepare to bring them inside I start to back off on water before the annual walk of the Plummies ( inside). This also help them adjust and are lighter to carry inside as well. They get sprayed outside for insects at the time too.

If you think they are dry and need some water then I would give them some. Let them dry out a little before you water again.. Some trees will start to go into a leaf drop stage for the dormancy period at this time. Sometimes it hard on the grower to sense what is happening when there is leaf drop and we bring them inside for the winter That is why we back off on the watering at this time of the year. In their growing season, they can be watered frequently because they are in the active stages and are outside in the warm Temps and are full of leaves .

Stems should be firm .. when it's mentioned that they are shriveled it is usually because of to much water and it a sign of rotting or it is lacking for water and showing signs of Dehydration., if you feel like it needs water then give it some . Just don't let it stay wet and soggy or let it sit in a saucer with water). Let it drain freely. You say they are in a fast draining mix, so it should drain well..

As far as misting. I don't do this to my trees.. I just water at the container when needed. Some might do this, but I only spray them occaisionally with a hose in the morning to rid of pest when they are outside in the summer. They also get the drenching from the rain..

Good luck with your trees..

Laura

Thank you Laura! It must be the case of not getting enough water. I was letting the rain naturally water them before I took them in, and we had a lot of it. That might be the reason they're messed up. I know a few dropped leaves on their own. But the Taj Mahal and a couple more don't seem to want to give up their leaves. I'm afraid of stressing them out. I wish I had a green house to keep them during the winter months. That must be your Sanctuary Laura. Would fertilizer be a good idea? I'm hoping to make them happy and healthy again. Hopefully they'll pull through. Even if I lose a few this year, I'll keep growing these beautiful trees. ðÂÂÂ

I decided to stop misting them. My bridal bouquet plumie is acting quite different and still actively growing and thriving, so I'll keep that one with the orchids. The other few plumies started to shrivel after I brought them in for the winter.

I am fairly new to plumerias so I have been reading extensively about how to care for them, especially overwintering them. The Plumeria Society paper that I read said that dormancy is when they are most vulnerable because they are not able to "grow through" their issues. Basically, a somewhat small problem becomes magnified during dormancy.
Therefore, I chose to keep my single plant under lights. I bought two, 4 foot, 4 bulb florescent lights at Home Depot for $49 each. I also placed my Adeniums under them. The Plumeria has just started putting on new leaves.

This is a photo of the part that I cut off. Maybe I can root it once it callouses over. As you can see it's not hollow at all! ðÂÂÂ