This is a midsection I received( free of charge) am I dreaming with this? Is there anything I can do to improve its chances of producing growth?

Is it rooted?

I'm not sure !! I will find out tomorrow....We are getting some much needed rain here today as soon as that clears out I will find out..

No roots on this one Hetty !! I kind of thought I was dreaming...The cutting is very stout....It has the biggest diameter of all of them ..I wonder of I should re cut it and try again or hang the idea up? Good news I checked a couple others and they have roots...

Jeff, I root "mid-section" pieces ever so often, and they root about like tips do. If the upper section, where three tips were taken, is non-viable, I would cut below those branches, exposing nice, fresh, tissue. If the bottom end looks good and solid, just leave it as is to root. I see absolutely no reason you won't have this stem root and branch.

Thank you Ken !! The 3 tips on top have pretty much dried out..There is a definite separation at the top where you can see a transition from the dried out portion to the green or healthy area..I'm going to cut it off and give it a shot...

Go for it, @Moe.

Do not recut the bottom though, unless there is rot.

drdawg said:Jeff, I root "mid-section" pieces ever so often, and they root about like tips do. If the upper section, where three tips were taken, is non-viable, I would cut below those branches, exposing nice, fresh, tissue. If the bottom end looks good and solid, just leave it as is to root. I see absolutely no reason you won't have this stem root and branch.

Yes, leave the lower end as is if it is still greenish and solid.

Nope Hetty I didn't cut it...It looked to be in good condition no mush....I have cut the top to nice clean wood..,

Just sit back and be patient, Jeff. If you watch over plumeria too much, they get shy and won't perform.

Or I will go insane !! At first I would wake up early in the morning and run outside to check progress..I almost lost my sanity with that situation...

That is why it helps to have other plants to focus on while waiting for the Plumies to show its beauty. It takes awhile or may even skip a season too ugh..even more frustration.

Over the last several years, I cannot begin to tell you the number of people that have stated they have waited 8-10 years to see a particular plumeria bloom. That just blows my mind. Talk about patience.

I will have more inflo. this year than all the previous years combined. Of course, until about five years ago, I only had a handful of plumeria, and those handful were all derived from the three varieties I started out with 25 years ago. My number of inflo. right now number ten, and though that's no comparison compared to those who are serious plumeria growers, such as Hetty, it is still exciting. But I will see perhaps 6-10 first time bloomers (I am anticipating some unnamed cuttings and seedlings to bloom this summer). That alone is exciting. I will have to come up with a bunch of new names. I need to put my thinking-cap on.