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Dominican shrubs need ID

Al in Kona
Al in Kona
in TROPICAL LOOKING PLANTS - Other Than Palms

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The first plant is a Plumeria sp. growing in a very hot dry area on dogtooth limestone in the SW part of the Dominican Republic.  Even some cactus and other desert plants growing in same area.  Does anyone know anything about this particular Plumeria?  Or is anyone even growing it?

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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The same Plumeria but growing in another similar area of the Dominican Republic.  Again growing on dogtooth limestone soils (if you can even call it soil!).  This one was growing amonst other cacti, spiny shrubs and the beautiful Pseudophoenix ekmani and Coccothrinax ekmani palms.  Anyone know anything at all about this particular form of Plumeria?

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

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This is another interesting and even attractive very fine leaf shrub growing in the same habitat as the Plumeria sp. mentioned above.  Anyone have any clue as to what this might be?

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Hawaii Island (Big Island), leeward coast, 19 degrees N. latitude, south Kona mauka at approx. 380m (1,250 ft.) and about 1.6 km (1-mile) upslope from ocean.

 

No record of a hurricane passing over this island (yet!).  

Summer maximum rainfall - variable averaging 900-1150mm (35-45") - Perfect drainage on black volcanic rocky soil.  

Nice sunsets!

The Plumeria looks like Plumeria obtusa.

Eric

Orlando, FL

zone 9b/10a

Al,

This is definitely an obtusa leaf, but the flower is a diferent configuration than the singapores. The singapore bloom that I've seen overlap, and this version in your picture looks diffferent. Did you bring a cutting back by any chance? Anything growing in the soil you described has got to be one tough plant!

By the way, do you grow much of your own plumeria where you live? If so I'd like to see some pics sometime.

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Randy

Chandler, Arizona

USDA Hardiness Zone 9b(Warming to 10a)

Lowest Temps (usually) in the upper 20's

(Freeze of '07 lowest temp was 18dF)

Highest temps (usually) in the triple digit teens

Thanks for sharing those pics Al. I agree, it looks liek the pictures i have seen of P obtusa.

Zac

Zac  

Living to get back to Mexico

International Palm Society member since 2007

http://community.webshots.com/user/zacspics - My Webshots Gallery

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