Maya, also from Thailand.
AZ Grown Plumerias II
Thanks for looking. Last pic for now. Ruffles again.
All of them are gorgeous... I always enjoy seeing your plants because it makes me realize I can plant mine in the ground and move them out from their shelter... :)
Brittany
looking very good davie! this definitely shows the merits of planting plumeria in the ground.
Wonderful pics Davie...
Since i broke my leg i been in a 7 week drought..
I posted this statement 4 days ago in another forum and now it's been raining
around the clock for 4 days straight..
Be careful what you wish for lol..
Me and my big mouth!
LoL
..again thanks for sharing!
More great pictures, Davie. Thanks for sharing them. Hang on to that little seedling doing all that branching. Maybe it will turn out to be a low-growing cultivar or a dwarf. One of my Evelyn mystery plumies should bloom any day now. She has some nice ones. I love the variegated ones from Thailand too.
Davie,
Is it pretty dry were you are or do you get humidity from the river?
Mickey
Thanks Brittany, but be careful! Some parts of Phoenix get much colder than Yuma. I would hate for you to lose your collection. What part of Phoenix are you in?
Thanks Dete, you got pics of your plants? Would like to see how things compare here in Yuma, to Tucson. I would imagine, that with the milder weather and intense monsoons, your plants are looking really good about now. Your right, in areas where you can plant them in the ground, Plumerias in Yuma, do do much better than those in pots. The plants I put in the ground compared to those put in pots, at the same planting date, have much fuller inlfos, with larger flowers, and longer bloom times.
lopaka, I hope you are getting better by the day! Compliments coming form the likes of you are greatly appreciated. You always have Awesome pictures, of the greatest varieties. Are they taking good care of the monument of me in the center of Davie, FL?
Clare, again thank you. I will be holding on to that branching plant for sure. I have 2 more that branch just like it, but are slower growing. I would like to find an intermediate grower. A shrub type. These may fit they bill. They are faster growing than a true dwarf, but since they branch so often, they do not grow very tall, very fast. Its still too early to tell though.
Evelyn has been very good to me too. She always delivers what she advertises, and is easy to get ahold of for questions. She knows about the "splash" virus and has only sent me clean plants. Unlike some others from Hawaii.
Mickey, it is very dry until mid to late July. At that point, we get the humidity just like the rest of AZ. Just a lot less rain.
From one of those in Hawaii, told it was a common red.
Thanks all,
Davie
Very beautiful disease, but a virus nonetheless.
Two plants, I sold a friend of mine a month back, flowering nicely.
Closeup of flower, of plant on left from above. Nice rainbow, but it too shows splash virus, got it from same ebayer as red from above.
Little blurry, but flowers from plant on right.
Closeup of flowers. As far as I can tell, from the flower only, this also has the virus. The leaves are showing no modeling. What do you think? Virus or beautiful flower?
Another set of plants also in the same yard. They a lot of sun, and were planted in the middle of June. Took the heat well and are starting to really take off. The plant on the left is staring to flower. It was getting too dark for a closeup. I know, a little blurry.
Davie
Davie,
Do you have misters on the plants?
Mickey
Hi Davie, yes, it looks like that pretty yellow has the virus too. You are right and well said. It is beautiful at times but a virus nonetheless. I am sorry to see so much of the splashing show up on flowers. I think some sellers are probably not sterilizing or even cleaning the cutters between cuts.
davie - your plumeria are looking good! what an inspiration for planting them in the ground.
here is a pic of a collection of plumeria in the ground. they have grown by leaps and bounds this summer. they went in the ground in may/june.
here is the collection under the shade cloth. i have more under the eave of the patio.
they are doing great vegetatively. i hope to start getting more inflos in the near future. not sure what i need to do just yet. i have started a foliar spray program that i hope will help.
Clare, it is disappointing to me also. I can't believe the number of splash plants sent to me from the same person. The thing that kills me the most is that they were all inspected by, and even stamped by, the Hawaiian Department of Agriculture as clean from pests and diseases.
I agree with you, the person who took the cuttings never cleaned their tools. Every cutting that I have from that person, is showing signs of the splash virus. Even worse is that the person who sent me the cuttings got them from a large distributor. That distributor packages cuttings for sale to tourists. So most tourists buying these prepackaged cuttings are getting splash infect cuttings.
Dete, looking good! The plants in the ground, from the pictures, look like they are doing better than those in pots. Is this true?
Davie
i think that they just have more room to spread there roots. the ones in the pots are doing good. however, i think they are more sensitive to the temps swings. thus, they are starting to drop leaves.
okay, here's my take on the virus. just my personal opinion and somewhat deep! LOL
unfortunately, there are things out there that can destroy us, our crops and livestock and therefore must be eradicated. we live with viruses every day. we may never find cures for some of these viruses. however, people can still have a relatively decent quality of life if infected. because of that i will not destroy any plants in my collection with the virus. so what i must do now is keep that virus in check and make sure that i don't infect any other plumeria. just like someone with a virus must take precautions to care for themselves and not infect anyone else.
i don't think that the plumeria virus has proven itself deadly. i think we just need to practice sound horticultural practices and enjoy the splashed blooms and not purposely go infecting other plumeria.
bump! i fell of my soapbox...LOL
i set up the heat mat this week since our nighttime temps have dipped into the 60s. the soil temps are staying about 15 degrees above the ambient temp for the 1-gal containers on the heat mat. click on https://www.quickbase.com/up/baaeyrrxn/g/rgf/ej/va/plumeria%20outside.jpg to view the pic.
there are some plumeria in the ground that will winter there. the plumeria nearest the railroad ties is from one of gordon's panamanian seeds. i put this one in the ground spring 2007. it has done surprisingly well even though it gets blasted by direct sun during the hottest part of the day. putting plumeria in the ground will carry them a long way!
dete
davie - how has your plumeria reacted to the sudden drop in nighttime temps? perfectly healthy leaves were snapping off the day that our morning low reached 48 degrees. it was 52 this morning. we should be back in the 60s tomorrow morning.
Dete,
So far we have not dropped below 55. It has been around 80-90 during the day and 55-70 over night. I have only seen leaf loss on one variety in particular. An unknown variety that came from Hawaii. The rest are still blooming and growing steadily. I even have seed germinating well. Some you gave me in fact!
davie
Some of the seedlings I spoke of before. Sown on 9-25.
Close-up
Here is a close-up of a seedling with the seed jacket still on.
Two trees at a friends house.
My girlfriend found these trees in our neighborhood the other day.
Close-up of the tree on the left.
Another unknown pimk.
Another California Sally/Belle Vista
Very vibrant red! Not a large set so far, but first time blooming since rooted.
Another unknown pink. Again first time blooming. This one came from my mom's yard. She could never get it to bloom. It got 90% shade (recommended by the original landscaper), and barely grew new leaves each season. Once it got enough sun, it took off!.
California Sally on left, unknown large yellow in middle, and pink and white on right.
Unknown red that fades to pink.
Ruffles still going strong!
Nice pics, Davie! Lookin' good!
First flower from my Mary Helen Eggenberger. Nice looking, but so far not very fragrant.
Another
Common red, this is one of the few I have in a pot.
