A couple of years ago in one of my early trades with my DG friends, I got a packet of Plumeria seeds. I sowed them all and just a couple are growing. One is nearly 4 ft. tall and the other about 3ft. No idea which variety they are as the packet was simply labeled as Plumeria. My question: Is there any difference in the plant that is grown from seed and from cutting? Has it got anyhting to do with their blooming, aside from its speed of growth?
Plumeria question
Dinu,
Like many others, cuttings will retain the flower of the parent plant, while seeds from the same plant can revert to any of its original crosses.
And from what I've read seedlings can take up to three years to bloom, where as cuttings will generally bloom (I'm told) the same year as planted.
This being my first yaer with Plumeria I am only going by what I have read, and by what others have told me.
Good Luck! :-)
(edited for spelling)
This message was edited May 18, 2004 10:16 AM
Dinu, I've been nosing into all the plumie threads this week so they have been brought to the top of the tropical listings. There is an informative website that we have all been at.
I think you will find it very useful and encouraging. If you haven't already been there, here it is: http://www.plumeria101.com/
Just be very careful about all those places they give you that you can buy clippings. It can be very hazardous to your willpower. LOL
:^)
Molly
Thanks. Ah, that seems to be interesting - the colour of the flowers. Let's hope there will be some interesting variation. One of the two I have seems to be growing pretty quickly as well. It has already 3 nice branches on its own. That link gave me the lesson where I had gone wrong when I sowed the seeds. It 's already 2 years now. Let's hope, from statistics, that this will be in bloom this year.
Dinu, BuriedTreasures is correct that Plumeria seeds do not come true to the parents so you will have new unnamed hybrids. That means all the characteristics -- such as fragrance, flower size, flower color, habit -- could be variable. Rikerbear is also correct that seedlings can take several years to reach the flowering stage. Molly provided an excellent site for information about Plumerias.