First bloom!

I'm new to plumerias - got a few and rooted them over the winter. This was my reward today! Yea!!
Karen

Yay! Congratulations! She's a very pretty pink:-) Good job on rooting plumie cuttings in winter -- not easy to do!

Where did you get that plumie? It looks like it might be Miami Rose? That would be way cool in Illinois!!! Stick your nose in it and tell us what it smells like....

Thanks! I got the plummies from ebay - someone had lost a bunch of plumerias in the hurricane, and sold the cuttings on ebay. I got about 30 cuttings, but only about 10 made it through this newbie's rooting effort! I'm not good at identifying smells, but it does kind of smell like nicely perfumed soap!

Kabob, Sue70 was advertising plumie cuttings for sale that she said she had lost in the hurricanes. She advertised this for a long time, and I think she was actually going around collecting plumeria cuttings from different places. I ordered from her too last year, and her box came with a beetle and infested cuttings. You may not have been able to root 20 of hers because they may have been infested. I reported her to the Dept. of Ag. of Florida. She shipped from an address in Key Largo. I've tried to warn people not to buy from her, and I put in her eBay feedback that her cuttings were infested with larvae of the borer beetle.

Oh my gosh!! I've got to find the receipt for these to see if she was the person I bought from....here's a newbie question: can my currently rooted plumerias (if from her) still be infested? Thanks, Clare! Karen

Yikes - that is who I bought from....

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Karen, it sounded like her from your description. She really took advantage of the devastating hurricanes, it seems. The current thinking is that plumeria cuttings that are infested undergo a chemical change in addition to other factors and will not root. So your rooted ones are probably fine. Just make sure to check for softness and rot and holes in your plants. If you go to the Borer Beetle thread that I started, you will be able to see some pictures of what to look for. The larvae and the damage they make are hard to miss. I don't think you have to worry about your rooted ones, and hopefully, you disposed of the rotted ones in the trash and not in your compost pile.

Clare - thanks for the info - and I did throw the cuttings in the trash! Whew! BTW, great info on the beetle - thanks!

Thanks, Karen. I'm so glad that you tossed those rotted ones just in case! We all have to be diligent about checking our plumeria collections now that this beetle is a threat. Sorry to have scared you, but passing the word is a good thing.

Nice flower there buddy!!
I have a look alike seedling to that.
Congrats on winter rooting, it is most difficult!
Nice snake plant in the background too.

Here she is today...man, I don't need another plant addiction. I mean, there's hoyas, and epis and brugs, oh my!! Now plumerias - how can you NOT love these guys!! Karen

You can't not love these guys. LOL! That is very pretty! Congratulations! Hetty is right that it could be 'Miami Rose' or 'Key West Pink.' Both look similar and have a coconut suntan lotion fragrance. Welcome to another addiction! LOL!

Hey Sis! Just now seeing this!!! OOoh, it's a PER-TEE one for sure!
Hmmm, I don't have a pink Plummie, only yellow. (hee hee)
Good GROWING!

Clare - she's still selling them! http://home.search.ebay.com/_Gardening-Plants_W0QQcatrefZC12QQfrppZ25QQfsooZ1QQfsopZ1QQsacatZ2032QQsassZsue70 If she's selling rooted ones does that mean they're ok? I'm not bidding on any of them...just was curious.

Hi Chantell. They are probably okay. The holes and decay is fairly obvious, but I wouldn't take any chances in any case and won't again.

Thanks Clare.

This plumeria is winding down, but still pretty to me! Boy, I really don't need another plant to love......Karen

It's gorgeous!