I bet it's an inflo. Don't try to push any growth right now; that inflo may develop and begin blooming regardless of what you do, or it may wait until leaves develop (the ideal). Some people recommend removing inflos on newly rooted cuttings because of the expense against the cutting's reserves. I have never concerned myself with that, in fact when I'm in Hawai'i collecting, I'll select cuttings with signs of inflos. My short summer, cool night climate makes getting a plumeria to bloom a challenge, and those blooms may be the only ones I get. I have friends who live in a sunnier part of town who have much better luck with my 'hand offs'.

Thanks michaelspokane. I'll leave it as it is. I'll keep an eye out for super dry soil too, and add small amounts of water here and there until leaves start to form but hold off on any fertilizer.

Same thing happening for me. :) I water once a week.

Hi Ryan,

Same is happening to me too. A new cutting with about five 1.5" long leaves, and an inflo. The bad thing is that with almost 50 cuttings and seedlings it's the only one in which the leaves look kind of pathetic. At the moment decided to keep the inflo- the cutting is a freebie NOID from Maui Plumeria Gardens. If it doesn't do well and crumps, can always buy a Kaneohe Sunburst there and get another free NOID ;)

It looks pretty promising. You do have some white roots so that is a good sign. I would be very sparing with water for right now. Maybe misting it every other day particularly since Its in a warm grow tent. IMO I would not fertilize and risk burning the new roots. If you feel you must fertilize consider adding a water soluble fertilizer at 10% recommended dosage to your mister and use that solution once a week. The idea being very low levels of salts introduced into the soil which can possibly be used with limited risk of burn or build up over the next few months before you up pot it.

Thanks he_first_kms2 and petuniafish.I'll hold off on the watering and fertilizer and see where this thing goes. I like to stay on the dry side opposed to the wet side. Seems safer. I might mist once and a while as you suggest to keep it from completely shriveling up. The roots have really taken off now :). Hopefully it pulls through till spring/summer time!

hey AgedPixel, that thing looks like it came from an alien movie, haha. looks like its going to bloom soon! Post some pictures once it does!

It totally looks like it. LOL, It should bloom any day.

Opening up!!! It's a very common pink we have a around here.

great to see.

Another but open.

Nice! How big is it and does it have a fragrance?

This is the NOID cutting I got from MPG about 3 months ago that just opened it's first leaves 2 weeks ago along with surprise inflo. Almost removed the inflo as many say to do. But the cutting really isn't a pretty one (so makes me feel sorry for it) and I thought I'd experiment.

So what happens when you don't cut off the inflow?

@petuniafish I got the cutting in October and it is around 7-9 inches. The scent is "sweet flowery" and it is actually pretty strong. :)

SDPumeria, It's something of a subjective call to cut off a forming inflo on a rooter. The thought is the blooming process uses significant energy and if it's used there it's not used in building roots. I think it's an accurate and logical position.

The subjective part is when you determine the there is risk the cutting can't survive both rooting and blooms. I can probably count on one hand the times I have cut off an inflo but I am also in a warm climate. Someone in a cooler part of the country may be more inclined to use this technique.

Just a quick update..it turned out to be an inflow. The plant looked strong so I kept it on. Also in the second picture I noticed some of my plumeria seedlings grew giant leaves, almost 9 inches from the stem. They are around 5 months old now and the leaves look to be as tall as the plant. Normal??

Blooms of Star Gazer

Ryan, the Stargazer is gorgeous. What beautiful leaves too- look vibrant and healthy. This isn't the inflo on the cutting that hadn't leafed in yet is it? Unbelievable if it is. If not, what is the status of that inflo?

Nancy

Hey Nancy, yep this is the one at the beginning of this thread. Strong grower! At least for now. Hopefully it keeps going strong and able to get some cuttings off it.

My other cuttings and seedlings seem to be taking some time off and not growing as fast as the first few months. However it has been on the colder side in my grow tent since I switched to all CFL lights instead of the HPS lights. But they are still looking pretty healthy. How are your seedlings doing?

It really is a beauty :) Fragrance?

My seedlings are doing great. A few are so big they could move up to 5 gallon containers now, while others will be happy in the 1 gallon for a bit yet. Farmed out a lot of them to friends because of that space problem we all seem to suffer. Have a new beautiful grow room in my basement- just putting on finishing touches and will post some pics soon.

Always nice to see what's happening in your "yard".

Nancy

Very nice and great job to the both of you. While it depends on the cultivar, leaves can get quite large on mature plants.