Does anybody have a picture of the actual seeds?
Plumeria seeds
Here are some planted ones below. Here are some too: http://www.plumeria101.com/seeds101.html
Thanks Hetty & Clare. The seed pod Flyboy_Fla sent me dried up and I got some seeds out of it but I wasn't sure they were the seeds or fluff.
Jeri
FlyboyFL is just the greatest guy, isn't he?
I most certainly agree. He was so generous, the cuttings he sent were the biggest I had ever seen.
Jeri
Jeri,
I have never seen fluff in a Plumeria seed pod.
Tami
Hi Tami
I don't think it was fluff after looking at those pictures. My seed pod hadn't completely developed and it was strange looking inside. The stuff I was calling fluff must be the under developed seeds. I collected them and let them dry but I'm not sure if they are potent.
Thanks for helping me.
Jeri
Jeri,
I just last week knocked off two seed pods while digging my Plumeria up for the Winter. I was sick. One is Aztec Gold. I think they are ripe enough though. Both had turned color already. I'll test them when fully open and see though.
DutchLady had a great Picture of a fully open pod. Here is a picture of just some seeds.
Tami
Mine were pure white so I don't know if it will work or not. I'm definately gonna try though.
Let us know.
Tami
I'm trying to patiently wait until spring to plant them b/c I don't have room for anything else until then.
Jeri, I just sent what seeds I had to my best friend in Thailand, but I have two seedpods forming outside on 'Playful' and 'Treasure Isle,' and you are welcome to some of them when they ripen. I'm sure I'll be distributing them to members here as I have no more room for seeds.
That last picture was 'Playful' with a seedpod. Here's 'Treasure Isle' with a seedpod.
Oh Clare that's wonderful. I love you!!!
Jeri
LOL! Love you back. I'll let you know after I've harvested them. They take nine months to ripen, and I have no idea how old they are, but the biggest one is probably at least a couple months old so remind me in June if you think of it.
Thanks Clare. I'm still gonna try the ones I got off that pod from Brad I think I didn't wait long enough. Nine months for the pod to develop that's the same as having a baby and then 2 years before it blooms. This has to be love.
Jeri
LOL! Two years to bloom if you are extremely lucky -- most take more like three, four, or five years. Brad's white seeds will probably yield white seedlings, which will make good grafting stock. The best seedlings come from colorful cultivars if you can find some of those.