Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Rust Fungus?, 1 by floridamh

floridamh wrote:
Hi Everyone!

Thank you so much for your advise on my plumeria. Michelle, first, thanks for the welcome. I just happened across this site one day while I was surfing and it looked like a wonderful community of plant lovers like myself, and you guys have proven me right! My plumeria is about 10 or 11 feet tall. It was covered in blooms when I first moved in. I'm attaching a picture I took of the flowers a couple of months ago (it's a little blurry, but it shows the colors fairly well). I think it got the rust fungus from one of the other plumerias in the neighborhood. This was the only plumeria in my yard when I moved in. I have bought several since then, but they all seem healthy and fungus free (my Plastic Pink had a few spots, but I have moved it away from the others as well). I haven't put them in the ground yet because I'm waiting for warmer weather since they are all young cuttings.

Violet, I fell in love with the tree in my yard because it was beautiful and fragrant as well. You wouldn't believe how long it took me to find out what it was called, lol. I searched for a couple of hours typing every description I could think of into Google and I finally found it! I'm a little disappointed that I didn't discover them sooner though. I would love a cutting or young plant. I'll definitely let you know if my hubby and I head in your direction, and you do the same on your end. I'm in Riverview right off I-75 and I have several cuttings from the plumeria in the picture and I have some seedlings as well that I would love to share. Michelle, same goes for you, and I will definitely let you know how the fungus turns out.