Yay! Now I don't really have to use the macro function on my camera to take pictures of my inflo on Chor Maung. Now, the age old question -- any idea how long it'll be before I see blooms for the first time? 6 - 8 weeks?
Thanks much for your input!!
Lily, on June 24th, I noticed India's first inflo (as you can see it was roughly the size of yours at present). As you know, the flowers has begun to open these past few days. Enjoy.
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Wow, very nice, Lily! Very pretty blooms, and I'm sure you're really loving them.
That's great to hear that I only have to wait a month. Much better than the 3 years I've been waiting. ;)
It's time you rip the reward. Enjoy, enjoy.
I'm sure ya'll are thinking I'm crazy, but thought I'd share pictures of the inflo's progress this week. She seems to be coming along pretty quickly! And, with any luck, will bloom before it gets too cold here.
Anyway, here's a macro of the inflo ....
And here's the plant from a distance... She's getting there!
Lily, those plummies look very healthy. The inflo. is on relatively short growing plants. How tall are those? Here is my 5 feet tall 'India' she sends out successive waves of flowers, one fades, new flower will take turn to open up.
I too discovered several more inflos. from various color plumies. Here is one of my solid red one. This is several weeks old. The plant is taller than I'm thus I missed the new inflo. being formed on top. It was a delightful find yesterday.
India is very pretty! Love those colors. How long do the blooms usually last?
What a great find to see that inflo on your red! It's ready to burst at any time, isn't it?
My plant is ony about 3 - 3 1/2 feet tall, so it's still pretty small, you're right.
I'm starting to think these guys are much easier to grow and take care of than my 30 brugs... I have so much trouble with bugs and caterpillars, and too much sun or too much heat with the brugs, but I've not noticed any bugs or anything on the plumerias and they are just thriving in this very hot and humid weather we're having. Just hoping that there will be enough hot weather to see this one bloom.
The individual bloom usually lasted for 2-3 days, but new ones are continually replacing the faded one. Here is 'India' today. We're approaching some of the hottest weather down South. So August- Sept. will be our peak blooms down here. You're right. Plummies are rarely bothered by pests. An occassional rust (fungal infestation -- but it's self-limiting disease). Yes, I agreed with you. Brugs are so loved by all kind of insects, and they require lots of care.
We are in for our hot weather too, not that 96 with 75% humidity hasn't been hot!! I see my inflo has a ways to go, since it needs to make little branches. :( Ok, what do you feed yours and how often? Currently, I'm feeding 20-20-20 once a week, but yesterday, I added some Bloom Booster too it to give it a little kick.
I don't fertilize mine but once every 4-6 weeks. I prefer the blooms booster over the balanced 20-20-20. This is my dwarf form 'Pink Singapore'. She's but knee-high and a good bloomer. Currently she's bearing two inflos. ^_^ This one too -- like the solid red above -- is about to burst.
Maybe I'll just stick with the bloom booster for the rest of the season then. But, I'm still going to feed it once a week -- unless I start seeing bad results.
Wow!! You're going to be in plummie heaven when everything is blooming all at once!
Do watch for spider mites on your plumies. Never had them until last year, but for some reason they have attacked my plumerias, while leaving everything else alone.
Carol
Hi Carol, do spidermites bother your plants while they're outdoor? I often encountered 'em in greenhouse during the winter.
My solid red first bloom;
I'll need a ladder to get a better pix of these!
Lily_love, Yes! Mine live outdoors year round. I seem to have gotten rid of them on the others, but my Scott Pratt is still infested with them.
I'm like Lily, only time I have problems with spider mites is when I bring them inside for the winter. Our summers are very humid and I have only dealt with them once with my brugs.
Well, here's my inflo today. Looks happy, doesn't it? Don't even ask how my brugs look after sitting in 115 degree weather today. :(
Awww, that looks so cute, Lily. My 'Tickled Pink' is sending out small inflo. likes that. Carol, it's nice to have tropical-like weather.
This is 'Tickled Pink'.
A solid pink's inflo.
The solid red this evening;
Lily_love, It's not very tropical here this year! We've only hit 90 about three days, so far. Been cool and cloudy in the mornings, and in the 70s afternoons. My lilies are the only things that have thrived this year...everything else is still waiting for summer to happen. On the plus side , we have had higher humidity than normal for us. I'm just waiting for the typical dry heat in the next three months to finish off my garden so I can start over! LOL! Global warming is not happening on the west coast!
Careful what you're wishing for (as far as global warming), lol. I understood our heat index hammering us to triple digits this past few days. Up on Northeastern States as well. 110 degrees here. I'd consider moving to where you're soon.
Sigh ....
Good to see that I'm getting 3 branches out of this. :)
Your going to be danceing for a month before you see a flower lol seems like it takes for ever proably a couple weeks now. My idea about these is have a lot you will always have flowers and good thing is they bloom for a month at least some go for 2 months well worth the wait!
The waiting is killing me!! Plus, I'm running out of summer here! I know we have a good 6 weeks left before things start cooling off. :( So, now it's a race against the clock. Hopefully, this one will like blooming inside if it has to come to that. LOL!!
I know i hate it when they bloom late there goes the scent. The heats what makes the scent strong.I have seed pods all over there going to have to over winter too.
It was fun an experience to raise plumies from seeds. I remember I was mesmerized with the new seed formation on mine one year. But I learned that the tree spent so much energy nourishing the seedpods, subsequent flower crop was delayed by its exhaustive engergy postpartum. so to speak.
Dwarf Pink Singapore's inflo. this AM;
I'm gonna drive ya'll nuts with this. :) Sorry, just a newbie. So, in this bad quality, overly-macroed picture, am I seeing petals forming? Or is it something else?
Yes Lily, those are indeed petals on each pedicel (little protrusion that connects the flower petals to whole system of inflorescent). Here is the smaller inflo. on my 'Dwarf Pink Spingapore' for comparision.
Thanks, Lily!! Looks like your Dwarf Pink Singapore will be a pretty color.
So, not too, terribly much longer for mine, right? Can you tell I'm not the most patient gardener? ;)
I can relate, watching our very first flower, bird to develope and grows in front of our eyes is a memorable memory. Likes I was watching this flower of the Starfish (Stapelia gigantea ?sp). opened up last evening. Picture was taken this morning. :-)
Lily, sorry I didn't answer your question. Yes, it will be several weeks before those flowers open. They don't develope as fast as brugs' flowers do.
Well, here it is today. Coloring up and getting bigger. ;)
They're coming along nicely! Here is my 'Dwarf Pink Singapore'. These were opened 2 days ago. Enjoy.
I really like the big flowers butterfly gold supposed to get like 5 inch these are both my seedlings I really like the big one its almost 4 inches no seed does not hold true to parent I ordered butterfly gold last year waiting for it to bloom and orange special
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Dana, those are very pretty. 'Butterfly Gold Ibe' I thought a cultivar will not produce flower true to its parent's identity. Those are indeed large flower. The 'DPS' not only dwarf, but small as well. 'India' is a large blooming flowers. Good gracious! I like them all. Lily, how are yours coming along?
My solid (NOID) pink is also opening up;
