is this an inflo?
is this my first inflo????!!!!!
another view
It certainly looks like it! Congrats! Is that the 'Brad's White'? I remember that a couple that I sent out looked like they were starting inflo's.
nope it is california sally. those are starting to pick up pace! i had to bring everything in for the night because it dipped to the low 60's and is going to get colder for about a week. tonight it will be 50, so they will come inside for night and be out at daytime. it is pretty early for us to be hitting the 50s
oooooh im so excited! can i keep it growing or do i let it go dormant?
I tried letting mine go dormant one year and they took forever to come back. Last year I left them outdoors, and only moved them in when the temp went into the 30's (maybe a half dozen nights) and they did fine and they all bloomed for me this year. My biggest problem was that surprise late cold snap; the plants lost their leaves then but because they were actively growing they put out new ones right away.
It is always better to keep a plumeria growing for the winter rather than letting it go dormant, if possible, especially if you have a late inflo. With added heat and light, it can even bloom for you indoors. If you only have a few, then you can do what Alice does, or you can bring them in at night and put them out during the daytime for the whole winter. If you have a greenhouse, they would be very happy in there for the winter.
i'm asking for a portable greenhouse for christmas. for now they can stay on the garage and the blooming one in my room. when i pulled the pots out of the ground, the roots surprised me! they had gone CRAZY!
PS how could you tell if the brad's white cuttings were fixing to bloom w/o seeing a baby inflo?
I could see what looked like inflo's starting from the tip -- similar to what you are showing.
oh ok. how much longer do you think it will take to bloom? Christmas? New Years? growth will slow once brought in, right?
It's hard to say because, if it goes dormant, it could just hold on to the inflo until spring and bloom then, or it could fall off. If you keep it growing in your bedroom with natural sunlight and added artificial light, it could bloom for you inside, but indoor blooms tend to look a lot lighter in color and smaller too. Your best bet for winter blooms is a greenhouse. You can buy a pop up one for around $128 right now: http://www.comforthouse.com/flowerhouse1.html That is the one I have. I actually have 3 of them, and I put all my plumerias with inflo's starting in them for the winter if the trees aren't too big. You could put a heater in there on nights when temps are predicted to fall to 32 and below. A fan is beneficial too to keep air-circulation good.
In warm weather, an inflo can progress very quickly, but lack of energy causes growth to slow. If your plant was put in a toasty warm greenhouse, I would say that it could be blooming in 4-6 weeks.
i was thinking about one called a Farmhouse... about $289.i htink i see an inflo on one of your brad's white, and one on a seedling from ardesia.... i cant wait! our Great room is very bright, so i think i'll put them in there once they start to flower. until they flower and until i get a gh, they will be in my bedroom when it gets to about 67 in the garage. right now they along with all my seeds that i have started from different plants are thaking a field trip out to bathe in the sun