Hi, my name is Cameron. A friend introduced me to plumerias last year by sending me some seeds. I was only successful a couple of times, and then she told me about another method and sent me more seeds. I floated the seeds in packing peanuts set on water with a little peroxide, and after 3 days practically all the seeds had roots. This time I was very successful, only losing 1 seed, but now I have 58 seedlings plus a NoId that I've had for 3 years(hasn't bloomed) and a cutting I received from the same friend. It was from a tree in her neighborhood but she isn't sure which cultivar it is. So far I've had it for a couple of weeks with sign of rot. I'm hoping it will develop roots soon. I had to place netting over my seedlings because grasshoppers had eaten two already, the netting seems to be working.

Here is my "Collection"

and I love your collection of baby plumeria!!

great collection

i have those darn grasshoppers also did not think of netting great idea

I wish can not use the tip i have WAY to many ( dont know how many ) I stopped counting last time at 340 plumeria so i have to the catch and kill for now. trying to get my dog to get them she catches everything else.

i see a lot of great plants in the background ...hoya...aloe...Epi cactus? Make sure you join in other forums to and show us more of you green thumb.

mike

Thank you Hetty and Michael. This is a really great site. I actually had one grasshopper sneak into the netting but I added more netting and my seedlings haven't been touched since. Its kind of unattractive but I have to have it up until the seedlings develop thicker trunks. I'm afraid to touch the grasshoppers, I had one fly on my face and I nearly had a heart attack lol. I have 1 hoya, and aloe plant. I have 20 epi cactus which have become a favorite of mine next to plumerias. I also grow dragon fruit, bananas, loquats, pomegranates, several houseplants, and I have been starting a drought tolerant garden too.

Oh good, another plant addict - it sounds like you'll fit in here nicely, Cameron.

lol yes I'm definitely a plant addict, thanks to some of my friends lol.

Welcome Cameron.
I live just south of Ft. Worth.
Lonnie

Thank you Lonnie, I live in Plano.

You can get your plumeria fix here Cameron for sure! Welcome....


RobertB

Thank you Robert! I've seen some very beautiful photos on here.

How do you overwinter your plants? A close friend lives in Plano and she lost a good sized Sago I'd given her even though it was in her unheated garage during cold spells.

I only have one plumeria that was in ground and almost lost in that ghastly freeze a couple of winter ago but I've gotten the plumeria itch just looking at the plants posted here.

These plumeria people are really enablers for plant addicts

Cameron

I love Epis also i only have one at this time lost my whole collection to freeze few years ago how many different kinds do you have? Mine is i find the most common most call it lady of the night ....the Jamaican lady that gave me a leaf years ago called it the prostitute plant ....because she only shows her stuff at night and has a scent that will draw people for blocks

i did not know anything about them and she would not tell me what it was she just tole me to stick it in dirt and water and sit back you will be amazed and that i was.

OHHH Monica.....

i cant believe some one lost a sago i have some i wish i would loose they now are so big. i planted them as baby's from my uncle and grand father which both hated them and i think is was a joke on me i wish i could sell them these i have landscape company's would charge 200.00 for but no one wants to dig up by hand..


AND BTW i am a plumeria/plant addict and a total enabler so if you got an itch i have over 350 plants on sale right now and if you buy some thing you can win our game we are playing!!! and i give a free plant with every purchase. The more you buy the bigger the discount. i have plants from 2.00 and up...

How is that for an enabler!!!




ok ill stop those are i little taste of what i have all my photos and my plants

krancmm said:

How do you overwinter your plants? A close friend lives in Plano and she lost a good sized Sago I'd given her even though it was in her unheated garage during cold spells.

I only have one plumeria that was in ground and almost lost in that ghastly freeze a couple of winter ago but I've gotten the plumeria itch just looking at the plants posted here.

These plumeria people are really enablers for plant addicts

I huddle all of my plants in front of 2 south facing windows. My dining room and den are crowded with plants during winter, so I'm always so relieved to put them outside once it warms up. Some lost a lot of growth and I had to deal with white flies all over my plants, but as soon as I put them outside during spring they do wonderful the rest of the year. Most of my windows are on the north side of my house so I have to crowd my plants in front of the 2 windows. I did lose a banana plant 3 years ago because there wasn't enough light. My plumeria didn't mind the low light, I just let all of the leaves fall off and water it once every 3 weeks.

chefmike92 said:Cameron

I love Epis also i only have one at this time lost my whole collection to freeze few years ago how many different kinds do you have? Mine is i find the most common most call it lady of the night ....the Jamaican lady that gave me a leaf years ago called it the prostitute plant ....because she only shows her stuff at night and has a scent that will draw people for blocks

i did not know anything about them and she would not tell me what it was she just tole me to stick it in dirt and water and sit back you will be amazed and that i was.

That's terrible that you lost your whole collection. That's funny that she called it the prostitute plant lol. I always call it queen of the night. I started my epi collection last year. First I started with epiphyllum oxypetalum that a friend gave me in a trade, then I joined an epi group and a member sent me a few different cuttings. I lost my German Empress cuttings and a few others. Right now I have Alter Ego, one called 'Shingleton' I couldn't find it online, but the guy that gave me the cutting got it from Germany and that's what it was called. He said it looks similar to epiphyllum oxypetalum only fuller. I also have a NoID red, Rose Queen, and a NoID variety that looks similar to Tyrolean, but with a little more orange. Last week I got some cuttings of Three Oranges, Diva, Marilyn Monroe, Stormy Weather, Coral Dance and Chiba's Lovely Dawn. I'm hoping they root since its been very hot and humid here.

chefmike92 said:OHHH Monica.....

i cant believe some one lost a sago i have some i wish i would loose they now are so big. i planted them as baby's from my uncle and grand father which both hated them and i think is was a joke on me i wish i could sell them these i have landscape company's would charge 200.00 for but no one wants to dig up by hand..


AND BTW i am a plumeria/plant addict and a total enabler so if you got an itch i have over 350 plants on sale right now and if you buy some thing you can win our game we are playing!!! and i give a free plant with every purchase. The more you buy the bigger the discount. i have plants from 2.00 and up...

How is that for an enabler!!!




ok ill stop those are i little taste of what i have all my photos and my plants

Wow your plumerias are beautiful! The last thing I need is another enabler lol

wow you have a great collection going love to see some blooms in the future!!

mike

Mike is one of our big enablers here.

I hope I will see blooms soon. I posted some pictures of my plants in the houseplant forum. Hetty I can't afford to increase my plumeria collection lol. I'm not sure where I will store them once they grow bigger lol

Cameron, trust me, you'll find a way. Ask Mike to show you a picture of his living room this past winter