what a nice gift

Very thick petals with great keeping quality. NR like.

Sent is light but pleasant. Think the cooler temps (for plumeria) are masking her sent.

Very nice. possibly a cousin to Royal Hawaiian/Plastic Pink?

It does look very similar to Royal Hawain but I honestly have not idea. It was a NOID seed that I gifted to my neighbor last year. The plumi is only just over 2.5 years old.

She came over a week ago "so excited" to tell me it had a bloom. I was shocked.

This late in the year the inflow would normally not produce but with this crazy warm "winter" we are having in ECF it is thriving.

I just hope it does not mean it will be a annual "late" bloomer.

The tree structure is very poor, 1 leggy stalk and it did not appear to branch at the inflow. But my neighboor who would always come over to admire my collection does not seem to care at all.

lol

Blooms and flower quality are perfect. Go figure.

You mentioned it was a seed a year ago. Bloom in one year!? That's awesome! Am I getting the time line right? I have some 4 month old seedlings. Hopefully I'll have the same luck as your neighbor!!

I edited to clarify.

I gave it to her last year.

The plumi will be 3 years old March 2017.

Oh got it. Still, 2.5 years is still pretty good!

How are you keeping it from going dormant? I'm in Ft. Lauderdale, and all of mine went dormant in November.

@ old man.

I have no idea.

Most of mine dormate also.

I have a sister seedling of the plumi show in the OP that still has leafs but no blooms. Very strange to still be going strong. It was treated no differently than my other plumerias.

All of my other trees are 100% dormant.

My neighbor has done nothing to this one, trust me. I put some granulated fertilizer on it last Spring but that's it.

What a gorgeous bloom. I'm a beginner but Royal Hawaiian Plastic Pink is what I have most of- two cuttings and five seedlings. Would kill to have just one perfect bloom like that in the future. Enjoy your holidays.

Beautiful blooms!!!

laura