I have few plants from seeds and looking for their name, plants are still out of blooms but leaf shape can help for ID.
#1
Need ID
#2
#3
it is almost impossible to identify plumeria by leaves alone.
This message was edited Jun 14, 2007 11:34 AM
Leaf back view of #3
Seedlings will always be called seedlings as they are hybrids until they are given a proper name. Seeds that are sown are never called anything but seedlings. Those are some nice hybrid seedlings. Plumerias can have all sorts of leaf shapes. Yours are very pretty.
Thank you for the reply , I will post photos when these will bloom.
Can someone tell me, when will seedling bloom?? After one year...two year or three year.
Kaleem
Kaleem,
Most seedlings bloom 3-5 years after sowing. I had a couple bloom in two years, but that is not the norm. Some may take longer than 5 years. I know someone that waited 22 years for a seedling to bloom. Some hybridizers feel that, if it takes longer than 7 years to bloom, it could be a poor bloomer and should be discarded.
Since seedlings do not bloom true to their parents, you will have a unique flower like no other. If you wish to name it something unique, you are free to do so. Until then, most people assign numbers to keep track of their plumerias, like Seedling No. #9, #10, etc.
Clare
Thank you so much for the precious informations. This is my 2nd year and it means should wait two to three years more for the blooms.
Kaleem
Kaleem, you are most welcome;-) The ones that have bloomed for me have been at least three feet tall from the soil line. My recommendation to you is to not let them get rootbound and keep upsizing the container as soon as possible. Make sure that there is good drainage, and they are not sitting in water. I have many of my seedlings plunged in the ground so that the roots can grow out the drainage holes, and when they bloom, I repot them to 15-gallon containers. Here are some of my seedlings that are around three and a half years old. Many seedlings will "nub" for the first time. A "nub" is a fake infloresence, a stalk without buds, that causes the seedling to branch for the first time. This often happens at around three years old.
Clare, Correct me if i am wrong, but can't the seedlings also be selfs, or self pollinated and not hybrids? I thought plumerias, with help, were able to utilize their own pollen in pollination.
Davie
Clare, I think that's happening to one of my 2 year olds!
Yes, you are right they can self-pollinate and often do, but the resultant seedlings will still be unique genetically and cannot be called by their parent's name. They will forever be known as "The seedlings of ........" until they have earned a name of their own if they are special enough to have their own name. Seedlings that are the result of self-pollination can look exactly like the pod parent or nothing like the pod parent at all due to the wide variety of combination of genes.
Teresa, some of my regular cultivars even "nub" from time to time, which is very frustrating!
Clare I knew you had a nice stash lol
My Dad has a seedling he likes the leaves on. It is around 7 years old and still hasn't bloomed. He gave me some of it as it has branched twice with out blooming. I have planted the cutting this week and have hopes that given the right sunlight and nutients I can coax a bloom out of it just to see if it is worth all this trouble, it has become a challenge just to get the darn thing blooming! Wish me LUCK :-} We think it is a seedling of Duke but we have no idea what crossed with it or if it self polinated, etc. But as I know; none of that actually predicts what it will look like. Most of my seeds I just give away to other growers who want them for grafts and such. I don't have room to wait so long for a payoff.