48 tips, 2 inflos. A new record!

7 years ago

last modified: 7 years ago

Bought my first Plumie late summer of 2016. Bought a few that were already flowering since then, but this is the first year that any have flowered for me! One is just a noid from OSH, just tagged as 'white'. It has a scent that varies from a little soapy to buttered popcorn. Sadly, it doesn't look like I'm getting any new tips :( My JJ Jubilee is just about to open the first flower, it was flowering when I got it at Lowe's a couple years ago.

Grand total of 48 growing tips, just two inflos, but that's two more than I've had before :) Really hoping some of the nicer ones might still flower this season (Divine, California Sunset, Dulcemia, Mojave, Dynamite, Metallica).

I was thinking of trying my hand at grafting, using some of my noids as base stock. I've had zero luck with cuttings, so why not? Would be cool to have a plant with several colors! I have a few tall sticks too (Lemon Yellow, Ruby Red) that I was considering 'sectioning'....cutting a chunk out to make a shorter plant, as they will be tall and wobbly if they ever flower. Is that ok to do?

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nutsforplants
7 years ago
Hi! It looks very nice. I am no good at telling what variety it is but these flowers look large. And yay, you got it to bloom all on your own! It looks to me like your plant is indoors?

I'm afraid I don't know about grafting plumerias, never tried it myself, but cutting plants so they are shorter and having scions to graft sounds like a plan. Maybe others can chime in on the grafting. One of my tips died back this year and now it is leafing out from 8 spots. I need to thin it out to at most 4, if it is going to look decent but I am too chicken to cut the little buds with leaves out. Good luck grafting! I am going to check out Lowes for JJ plumies!
rox146
7 years ago
Sorry, but if I ever had a tree with that many tips and so few inflos...I would prune it with a shovel....lol. I only have room for HAPPY BLOOMERS. Good luck!
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Atascabaman (Central CA 9a)
Original Author
7 years ago
Hmm....guess I was a bit vague, lol....I meant 48 tips total on 16 plants!
rox146
7 years ago
Aaahhh...much better...lol
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the_first_kms2
7 years ago
Nice work. Young plumeria can be a bit hard to coax blooms from at times. I have seen those multi-grafted plants before at Plumeria sales but they have never been in full bloom to really see if it is worth the effort. I have not tried it but here is what I would assume: Same/similar growth habits including branch sizes/thickness, Leaves should be same/similar otherwise it will look quite odd, growth habits should be similar as well.

Zero luck with cuttings. Meaning they are not blooming or they do not survive?