A seed pod was found on this celadine when I took them out of winter storage.I have NEVER had a seed pod form before.Must have been a sphynx moth or something late last fall.
Kyle
A first for me....
Hey, Kyle! Congrats, buddy! Is that on the Celadine that I sent you? Looks like you've got about 6 or so months to go! If it self-pollinated, you will probably get seedlings that look like the parent.
Clare, yep thats the cutting you sent. 6 months????? oh man I thought it was about done now....LOL If I remember right it was the only one in bloom late last fall.So probably selfed. Who cares..
Kyle :-)
Kyle, that's great. You'll no doubt get blooms this year too on the new branches. Plumeria seedpods take 9 months to ripen, and I was just guessing that your seedpod is 3 months old, but it could be older. You'll want to put a stocking or a netting over the seedpod when it starts to turn brown and dry. You could grow the seeds out and get any color combination due to the number of genes, I think, but it takes 3-5 years or longer to see blooms from sowing, and from what I understand, white flowers generally yield white seedlings. If you are lucky, you can get blooms in two years. I've been using Celadine seedlings as root stock. Or you can cut it off to direct the energy to blooming instead:-)
Will see what happens.......the story continues..:-)