It is the time of the year when the weather is getting warmer, and it's a great time to start rooting those plumeria cuttings we hid during the winter. Some may be dehydrated, but a wet paper towel wrapped around the stem works well to re-hydrate the stem of the cuttings while rooting.
Growing plumeria cuttings is a new hobby for me, so I'm definitely not an expert. I received a few cuttings from my friend who owns a beautiful Singapore White plumeria tree. She gave me a few cuttings, some of which I planted right away when the weather was still warm (they are doing great), and some I kept indoors but did not plant right away. When I finally decided to root them, some of the cuttings were already dehydrated.
I placed my newly planted cuttings in a south-facing window, which gets really hot during noontime. My soil mix (equal parts of potting soil and perlite) was moist but not wet. To keep the stems of the cuttings from dehydrating further, I wrap them with wet paper towels, especially when the weather forecast said 70 degrees or higher. I saw a positive change in the stems of my cuttings in the first couple of weeks. The stems I wrapped with wet paper towels were able to recover faster than the ones I did not wrap with wet paper towels. Now the stems are starting to plump up and the tips of my cuttings are starting to produce baby leaves even though I didn't add any more water to my soil mix.