Finally! My plumeria is blooming!

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That's so good looking, I tried for a few years to get one to flower but finally gave up. Yours looks good and healthy

Pretty flower and the plant looks huge!

Thanks! Last year I tortured this plant trying to figure out how to grow it. It started out as a 12 inch cutting. Now it is about 5 feet tall. They do grow into huge trees though. In Caribbean Mexico they grow all over the place wild. I don't know what I am going to do when mine gets too big to move inside for the winter. :confused:

They don't like to get cold, they don't like to get dry, and too much sun combined with dry soil and the leaves will yellow and fall off. But other than looking crappy they don't die. Finally this year I found a spot it liked, and I have to water it every day, sometimes twice a day or it droops. I fertilize it weekly with a very high phosphorus fert. There's a carpenter bee that "guards" it daily and if I wait too long to water he chases me around the yard. :rolleyes:

so pretty flower

Very interesting !! Have never seen or heard of one before

Sure is a healthy plant and flower! It's great too to read abt your success!
Thanks for sharing

That is beautiful, Teresa!

I tried for the past 3 months, but I still have 3 sticks in a pot!

Thanks

Cool flower. That's not an orchid, is it?

Very nice! Maybe if you put it in a larger pot you would have to water it less...

Cool flower. That's not an orchid, is it?

Not an orchid. ;)

Cool flower. That's not an orchid, is it?

Nope, not an orchid. I used to see a lot of them in South Florida and yes they do get big.

Hehehe, nope not an orchid! But fragrant and long lasting blooms! James I thought about putting it in a bigger pot, but I think I will wait another year. My father in law has a HUGE one with branches that is in a much smaller pot! The roots are pretty delicate and don't like to dry out all the way, but if they stay too wet they will also rot, so I think they do need to dry out somewhat. I heard that they do not like to grow in clay pots because the roots dry out too fast. So mine is in a black plastic nursery pot that I put inside a clay pot. Hey, that sounds like growing orchids!:D

Way to go Teresa! These are difficult to flower and maintain outside unless you're in zone 9b or better yet 10 or even higher. Yours looks great!

That is beautiful, Teresa!

I tried for the past 3 months, but I still have 3 sticks in a pot!

Thanks
me to. someone brought me back a cutting from the flower show in philly. i have yet to be able to get it to root and it has nearly been three months. finally i got so desperate i dipped it in some rooting hormone. hopefully that'll work before the summer is over.:confused: