This one doesn't have a name yet, but I'd like to name it after my dear friend in Thailand -- not because he named a flower of his after me but because he's been such a super friend to me, giving me some of the most beautiful plumerias that I own and helping me with advice and grafting instructions and because he is all around one of the nicest people that you'll ever want to meet.
The flowers are huge, easily as big as 'Charlotte Ebert,' and the smell is strong and lovely.
Here is a picture showing a flower together with 'Hawaiian Spider Lily,' which is not a small flower itself.
Here's another pic of a flower:
lovely colors... how big is the flower? I love the little bee friend in that first picture :)
Thanks, Brittany. I know that poor little bee was dreaming if he thought he could get some nectar! LOL! I think he just needed a place to rest. I'm allergic to bee stings so I'm glad I didn't accidentally touch him. I'll go measure the flower today, but I would say it is about four or maybe five inches across.
maybe 5 inches!!! wow... that's very large... I've never had a bloom that large...
Wow you got lucky awesome flower! You have to love the larger flowers I certainly do and a great scent too. Whats the chances of that good for you Clare!
Thanks, Dana. Out of the 40 seeds that I sowed six years ago, this one is the nicest;-)
Nice flower Clare
Nice Gesture too.
I named one after Suki and as it develops each year its more and more spectacular.
I wont part with this one.
Thanks, Michael. Do you have a picture of it? I'd love to see it. I know you named one after your wife too, which is so sweet.
ive named a few
I have one named 'Christine' after a young lady I was hoping would be my daughter in law.
Ill post pics of all 3 soon.
Clare it took 6 years for this to flower did it nub before it flowered?
Hi Dana, this one is six-plus-years-old, but it flowered for the first time at four years old. To answer your question, a lot of the six-year-olds that haven't bloomed for me have nubbed at least once, and some of nubbed repeatedly over the past few years and are quite large. Some also formed inflo's too late in the season, and they fell off during the winter. I have about six of them with inflo's now, and it is just starting to cool down. It's a race to see if they will bloom before the real cold hits. They are all too big for my small greenhouse so there is no way to greenhouse them.
Thanks for the answer how are you going to keep all your big ones protected from the cold? Lots of mine are in pots quite a few are in the ground with no pot. This year I am going to try to build a temporary roof and sides with plastic. And I have frost cloth hate the thoughts of going through this. I have the car ports that are made of pipe that I put plastic on and inclose works good. When we hit the freezeing weather I put heat in them. Usally only a few times that happens. Alot of work goes into preperation for this I know you have it figured out! Inflos are coming all over right now 50 percent are nubbing.
Hi Dana, we don't freeze here (normall) so I don't have to protect the ones that are in the ground. The only plumerias that I put in a greenhouse for the winter are the ones with inflo's in pots. The one year that we had that bad freeze, I just covered everything with sheets and blankets and tarps.
I do know what you and others have to go through in the winter, and it is a lot of hard work. I haven't had to do that myself fortunately. I think, if I did live in an area that freezes and had to bring them in every year, I would probably only own about 10 plumerias, and half of them would be dwarves!
