I am so happy I am almost without words. For years (on ATP and elsewhere) I have congratulated those who had plumeria seed-pods and at the same time lamented my inability to ever have a single one in over 25 years of growing plumeria. That has now changed.
At first I called this particular plumeria seedling "historical" because of its very early flowering, but then sort backed off of that label. Now, I am again calling it a historical plant. Not only was it only 13 mo. old when it began to form inflorescences, and flowered at 15 mo., this particular plumeria is now forming multiple seed-pods. I just saw these newly-forming seed-pods today and couldn't believe my eyes. The plant is now17 mo. old. This seedling was named for its fragrance by my wife, Kathy. She named it Kathryn's Honeysuckle Rose. I also looked up some records on the seed and saw that the seed-pod parent was 'Pauahi Ali'i'. I guess the flowers do sort of resemble this parent's flowers. Not only has this plumeria been in bloom for three months, it has now formed three tips and the plant is approximately 4' tall. It seems to have adapted well to the conditions in the solarium. The leaves are all nice and green, no rust whatsoever, and only a little leaf loss when they were first moved inside (so far).
drdawg (Dr. Kenneth Ramsey)
The reason it's so hard to lose weight when you get up in age is because your body and your fat have become good friends.
