My plumeria's first ever bloom!!

[ania]

This  plumeria plant  was bought on the Big Island on May 14, 2003 in "What's Shakin'" hang out. They serve ther the most amazing chocolate covered babanas there, by the way.

The stick was about 5 inches long.

I planted it on May 15, 2003,  and almost gave up the hope that it would ever bloom.

But here it is, in all its glory, and the scent is amazing.

Ania

[Kris]

Dear Ania  

Very happy to hear about the pulmeria's.and i rememeber you say that its not doing fine in your climatic conditions.

i think its a good example for patience...and you have lots of it

thanks for those beautiful still and i can smell them here in india !  

Love,

Kris  

[surgeon83]

Gorgeous flowers, Ania!  I am still waiting for flowers on the cutting you gave me- it is full of leaves for its second year; I accidentally broke one of the branches off this winter, but I planted that branch and it now has its own leaves too.  Guess I can expect the same color flowers?

Is yours still potted?  Mine is, so that I can take it with me if I move.

[Kim]

Mmmmm! Heavenly, Ania!  Four years is a long wait, but it looks like it was worth it.  The scent of Plumeria really says 'Hawaii' to me.  I'm not growing any now, but maybe I should...

[ania]

(surgeon83 @ Jul. 25 2007,13:39)

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Gorgeous flowers, Ania!  I am still waiting for flowers on the cutting you gave me- it is full of leaves for its second year; I accidentally broke one of the branches off this winter, but I planted that branch and it now has its own leaves too.  Guess I can expect the same color flowers?

Is yours still potted?  Mine is, so that I can take it with me if I move.

Hi Brian:

Yes, the cutting I gave you comes from this plant. I say you probably could put it in the ground in Galveston, but in Florida it will be much happier.

I have heard that actually Hawaiians strip thier plumerias from leaves, to make them bloom better, so don't worry about it. They are tough plants.

I keep mine in a pot, and it spends its dormancy in the garage. I wouldn't plant it out here, though it is tempting.

Kim:

They are pretty easy plants to take care of and they  do bring back the wonderful memories of vacations in Hawaii.

Best,

Ania

In my original thread it, should be "chocolate covered BANANAS", of course.

[feijoa]

Is that the norm, 3-5 years for plumera cuttings to bloom?

[metalfan]

No, its not the norm. It depends on the plant. I have had 6 inch single tip newly rooted cuttings bloom while the plant was still trying to root, and 2 foot multi-tip cuttings take a season or more. I don't think there's any rhyme or reason for it.

The way I get mine to bloom is to feed them nothing but 10-50-10 fertilizer from the time they break winter dormancy til they set blooms, and to starve them for water. If they get a lot of Nitrogen fertilizer and a lot of water, they make new leaves, not blooms.

Since the only ways to get a plant to branch is for it to bloom, or to prune it, its advantageous to get blooms ASAP on a new cutting so you don;t end up with a straight-up 5 ft plant before the first branching.

[oppalm]

very nice.  I just bought my first ever plumeria , about a foot tall.   Can hardly wait until it blooms.    I have much to learn about its care.

[alex_7b]

VERY NICE.

Not complicated or cluttered; very basic arrangment. Beautiful just the same!

[Kris]

Dear friends  

some of the pulls that i got in my garden here in india !

[Kris]

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[ania]

Beautiful plumeria pictures, Kris. Please keep them coming. I just wonder how many varieties and colors are out there.

My best,

Ania

[metalfan]

#2 is to die for!!! Love that color combo.

#3 looks like Plumeria stenophyllus. Mine is about to come into bloom in a day of so.

Beautiful, Kris!!

[junglegalfla]

Here is mine.  This tree was triple the size but blew over in Hurricane jean. I had so many plumie branches left-over, I begged people to take them.    I kept 2 larger pieces. They rooted w/ trunks 5-6" in circumference.

and the flowers

[Kris]

Dear Bren  

beautiful stills and i love you folks wooden fencing ! in every

memebers garden that feature i love the most.

here if we try those they just fragmatise in 2 years due to rain,heat(Sunlight) & termites..

thanks & Love,

Kris  

[metalfan]

here are a couple of mine

Kauka Wilder

[metalfan]

and another

[happ]

Gina, I think we have similar taste  

[Kris]

Dear Gina & Dear Happ  

those stills are mouthwatering..i like it.and i think they are the best of hawaii.since in one hawaii thread i did see lots of them

in it.

So as for the names of my varities i really not good in names,

so kindly excuse me on that.

love,

kris  

[ania]

These are lovely, everybody.

Please keep on posting the pics.

Ania

[Kris]

Here is one more from Kris Gardens(i.e my home)  

[Kris]

Dear friend  

the beauty of this still is that i could not take normal close-up shot with my camera.it used to go blurr.

so went away a long distance and zoomed in to get that wanted effect.and the brand of the camera that i bought is

in my signature !

and my neighbours thought i was shooting their faces,instead of the flowers.but they forgot that they are not as beautiful as these flowers... ???

love,

Kris  

[Kris]

Pull buds stills...

[happ]

(krisachar @ Jul. 28 2007,10:17)

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Dear friend  

the beauty of this still is that i could not take normal close-up shot with my camera.it used to go blurr.

so went away a long distance and zoomed in to get that wanted effect.and the brand of the camera that i bought is

in my signature !

and my neighbours thought i was shooting their faces,instead of the flowers.but they forgot that they are not as beautiful as these flowers... ???

love,

Kris  

Fantastic close-up, Kris  

This plumeria is practically a tree.  If I had enough space I'd plant a plumeria jungle  

[gavilan1]

Okay, guys and girls.  How do you plant a plumeria cutting? Anything special required?  I have a large plumeria tree that was getting out of hand, so I removed about 6 or 7 stems (2' sections) that were encroaching over my neighbor's wall (she had already broke and bent back several Australian tree fern branches leaning over her wall back onto my side on two tree ferns, so I saved her the unpleasantness...).  I took the cuttings and inserted them into 1G pots using my special palm mix (40% Supersoil palm mix, 40% sand, 10% vermiculite) that I use for Cocos, and I've been watering them well 2x a day for a few weeks now.  Did I need to coat the tips in rooting hormone or something else, before sticking them into the soil, or what?  They're throwing new leaves, but I've never planted plumeria cuttings before.  Any advice?  Thanks.

[ania]

Doug:

Plumerias are very easy plants to propagate. The mix I prepared was 40% perlite with 40% of peat moss and 20% os coarse sand. The sand should be the coarse one, used for sand blasting, not the one that kiddies us in their sand boxes. But really any well draining mix should do. Plumerias are not very picky. stick about 9 inch  cutting into the pot, about 2 inches deep.

Plumerais hate wet feet, so water sparingly, when the mix gets alomost dry. The have their dormancy period during winter. I store mine in the garage. I don't water it at during tnose months.

I use fertilizer called the Dynamite, ( the red cap), which is really nutricote. It is available in Home Depot, and it is for me at least, the best fertilizer there is. They also make it for palms and trees (the green cap).

Teas nursery in Houston has a lot of information on plumerias and they sell a lot of them.

I think their web site is www.teasnursery.com

Ania

[Kris]

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[metalfan]

Princess Victoria

[Walter John]

(metalfan @ Jul. 30 2007,22:04)

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Princess Victoria

Any chance of a pic of the whole tree Gina ?

[Daryl]

I got one of those too...

Daryl

[Al in Kona]

Here's a pic of flowers on our Plumeria 'Vera Cruz Rose'.  The fragrant flowers have the smell of a rose.  Since most areas in Hawaii are not suited for growing roses easily, we can still capture the fragrance with this Plumeria.

[Al in Kona]

This Plumeria, variety 'Kimo'. has a color that is a bit unusual and changes somewhat depending on growing conditons, light intensity, time of year, etc.  It has mostly what i would call an apricot color.

[Kris]

Dear Al  

those pull have the real pulling power towars them,

thanks for the stills...

and now lets see some of my difficult close-up shots and by the way if any one is willing to buy camera first try it out in the store for macro's and close-up ! now i feel i could have bought

the Nikon 40x DSLR camera.than what i have now.

here are the still for you...

[Kris]

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[Kris]

Some close-ups(but shot long distance) !

[Kris]

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[tikitiki]

(ania @ Jul. 26 2007,12:40)

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Beautiful plumeria pictures, Kris. Please keep them coming. I just wonder how many varieties and colors are out there.

My best,

Ania

The great thing is seed grown plumerias are not true to the parent (only cuttings are) so the variety is endless. Even then the first few generations from a seed grown plumeria are not your final flower. From seed it can take 3 to 5 years to bloom and then another 5 until you get the final flower color. A cutting can bloom before it roots and will always be true to the parent. For care check out plumeria101.com

Tom

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