No, Carol, these were apparently pollinated by hummingbirds, but that's only a guess. I will never not how they were pollinated but I did not have a hand in it. I had long ago given up hope of ever seeing a seed pod. Again, relying on plumeria experts, I was told my growing time was simply too short.

Maybe you can get a different expert to say your growing season has been extended due to climate change.
Maybe in the past your bloom time just wasn't lining up with pollinator migration/collection time

Either way, i'm glad you have such an abundance of pods and I can't wait to see the results.

My pods on my NOID (princess pink) look about the same as yours. I'm still hoping that it was pollinated by DD's Delight and not just a self pollination.

Global warming for sure, James! I knew there had to be a "scientific" reason.

drdawg said:I had a couple of seedlings bloom the first year of germination .

These are the two seedling varieties that bloomed the first year of germination, Kathryn's Fuchsia Fantasy and DD's Delight.

K's Fuchsia Fantasy 11/25/15
K's Fuchsia Fantasy 4/15/16

DD's Delight 11/15/15

Ken. Please remind us. From day of planting seeds to bloom was how long?

K's FF began to grow the inflo. around month five and was in bloom at seven months. She began to grow seed pods at month 9. DD's was in bloom at nine months. No seed pods for DD's.

Amazing!!

I remember us talking about it, but forgot the details.

Even though winter is a terrible time to be rooting cuttings, it can certainly be done. Simply because I take so many cuttings in the fall to reduce the size of my plumeria, both those that are brought inside in pots and those that are bagged, I have a lot that I try to root. This summer I switched to the bagged method, using moist sphagnum moss. Large diameter cuttings will be singly bagged and I'll have up to four cuttings in a bag if they have small diameters. So far, I seem to have better results with faster rooting using bags.

Though I use an oversized, 48"x20" heating mat, because my dozens of cuttings are stacked like a cord of wood, that heat really only affects those cuttings on the bottom of the stack. I supplement that heat with old-fashioned rope lights and use a 12' strand over and around the cuttings. LED won't work since those lights generate little if any heat. That rope light seems to really work well. Four weeks ago, I potted up 6 rooted cuttings, two weeks ago another 8, and then today, 11 more were potted.

So if someone tells you that plumeria can't be rooted in the fall and winter months, they don't know what they are talking about. Needless to say, because of our cold, it is a lot harder for me, than it is for those in sub-tropical areas (we have already had three nights in the low 20's and winter's just getting started ), but where there is a will there is a way.

Ken I bought 3 Plumeria in Sept '15. One was rooted and two were not. They rooted in my basement over winter. (~ 62 degrees and lights on 12 hours) Though I had problem with rot on one, I recut and it took. So when I took them outside in My, all three were doing fine.

All are in my garage now and have gone dormant. Not sure if I will leave them there or move to garage. Both areas are STUFFED.

Just a June update on my Plumies. This growing season is going quite good.
Plumeria Celadine - happily awake, lots of leaves growing. Our temps have been warming up gradually, and we already had some heat wave a couple of weeks back, so it had a taste of it. Coping very well, been stepping up watering too.


Spike protected from our cat


Noid Plumie Yellow - finally awake this June, it was much slower for this one, but am glad it is now awake, our high temps are coming more now, really needs good watering and seeing the leaves are out, I can step up watering safely now.

Your Celadine is really getting large, Tarev. It looks very good for this time of year.

Looking great! I love the cat spikes Those pesky loungers

Thanks Ken!

James, it keeps the peace between me and our cat Tikoy.

When my large plumeria are inside during the fall and winter months, I cover the soil with coco fiber. I buy it by the 20' x 2' roll and simply cut it to fit. My cat can't stand the feel of those mats of coco fiber.

Just updating this thread and current status of my Plumies.

This year has been extra nice for my Plumies.
Plumeria Celadine, although it is not in bloom, I like the way it was able to stay outdoors all winter long, thankfully winter was milder, nothing below 30F then. It had an early wake-up time compared to previous years. I have watered everyday as soon as the new leaves have come out properly and our temps going higher than 80F into the triple digit range. Right now it seems to be reacting to our sudden temperature drop, feeling more Fall-like with that 20 degree cooler variance in temps. I was hoping it was dropping some leaves as it tries to redirect energy to maybe some inflo, but it seems it is just a reaction to temperature change:

29 Jul 2018 -heat wave still ongoing at this point, leaves staying okay, with daily watering


20 Aug 2018 - we are getting early cool downs, seems like Fall is here


Noid Plumie yellow on the other hand is doing much better too. It is in blooming stage right now
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The plants look nice and healthy, Tarev. Good growing.

I have sat here and read this whole thread. It has been a fun read. @tarev you have done a fantastic job.

Thanks James! Just wanted to share my woes and joys in growing this wonderful tree. Still a learning curve for me. Good motivation in this forum helped me a lot to keep my patience in nurturing this tree

James, I decided to read the entire thread too, so I'm about halfway through. It is fun and very educational. It started 3 years before I joined the group, and I've only read it since then.

Hi Karen, year to year it has been so different for the Plumies, I am just glad that I am more comfortable handling and growing them this time.

I am thinking of retiring some other plants I have here which did not fare well for a couple of years now. And good timing I think, since I am planning to trim some branches of my Celadine, to keep it more compact. They will replace the plants I will be removing for next growing season.

I'm planning to do the same, Tarev. I have too many plants to take inside this year so I'm planning to give some to our Habitat for Humanity, and to send some plant packages off to friends and relatives. I definitely need to downsize. Every time I trim something, I have to propagate the pieces!