Tropicals & Tender Perennials: A few blooms..., 0 by Clare_CA

Clare_CA wrote:
Hi Liila, Glad you are back!

Plumeria rubra is the correct genus and species of your plumeria. Most of the plumerias today are classified as Plumeria rubra. Someone somewhere (here at PlantFiles) thought it was the genus and species for only red plumerias. This is an error and one I've tried to get corrected in the PlantFiles section. The next common genus and species is Plumeria obtusa, which has rounded dark green leaves which are evergreen and easily recognizable.

It sounds like you got yourself a common white. The fact that it isn't a named and registered cultivar doesn't make it any less beautiful. I have several myself, as a matter of fact, that I bought from Home Depots and local nurseries around here, and they are great bloomers with a great fragrance.

Here is one of my unnamed below, which is also a common white with a yellow center and a faint pink stripe on the back.