its in my room with a heater blowing on the pot to give it warmth. the heater is on low and i water it whenever it dries out. personally i think it is the ants but i'm not positive. plus right now, we are having hi's in the low 80's, so it it was outside, i wouldn't worry too much if it was outside for a bit it is also in front of a 9' triple window with southern exposure
how much longer?????
i'm inclined to say that it's not happy about something in the house (e.g. lighting, drafts, etc.) i've had ants live in my plumeria pots and never had a problem. the only time i had a problem with them it's was very obvious. harvester ants stripped all the leaves off of my caribbean plumeria. the small tiny sugar ants i don't even worry about. whatever it is good luck. buds dropping is always a bummer!
yeah... and it would have been my first one ever.... it did fall over several days ago, and it bled from the base of that flower... i wonder if that is what caused it?
How about misting it when it is in the house. A heater blowing on it could really dry out the air around the plants. Another thought would be to keep a pan of water in front of the heater to evaporate and provide extra humidity.
how about one of those humidifiers that you can get at CVS? i have one of those in my room just not running
is it possible to just turn off the heater or not blow it directly on the pot? a heat mat would work better and only cost pennies to run 24/7.
well the problem is that i don't have one, and with christmas coming and no job and my need for a car, i really have no money for one
that's no problem because it's not necessary. it's just more of a luxury and energy saver.
oh... well since i'm a minor, my parents pay the bills
Ah the benefits of being young! How are the rest of the flowers coming DHS?
Davie
good amaryllis is opening up, but is deformed cuz of damage to the bulb. poinsettia is coming out outside, and this warm weather is really helping it since it is marginal here. also sambac jasmine will bloom shortly too.... hmmm what else.... camellia japonicas around town will open shortly. oh yes... and the last few cllistemon citrinus blooms until late feb.
so should i get the humidifier going again?
ok despite the first one falling off, the second batch is past the point the first one got to!!!
Very nice! That looks promising!
DHs,
Very nice, especially for being inside. I could never get my blooms as big inside as I could outside, and it took twice as long for them to open.
Davie
thanks all of y'all i am like real excited! this is like perfect timing cuz school is out on wed. and yesterday-wed. are half days so i'll have lots of quality time w/ my plumeria! the only problem is that it will be so hard to study for exams with that beauty in my room.... oh well... i already took the toughest ones
Diehard..
Well if Ardesia thought you should grow out some of her seeds from Gordon's Wild Panamaians. I'm sure you'll do just fine with them... don't over warter them though. it's humid there. but water dry sometimes.... usually the plumeria are found growing on the edge of something..just so they get full sun... and don't have to rub aganst other trees... as their tender branches will leak if they are scraped [personal theory ]
Good Luck with your flowers ....the bunch of flowers posted here are from the tree your seeds came from.. it was about 60'+ tall.. the seed pods were about18" long and were taken from limbs maybe30' off the ground... plumeria tree climbing is such fun...I got up about 15 feet or so with a 20 foot stick to get the seeds... way out on the tips of the higher limbs..
If you'd like to see a bunch of pictures from this trip.. with pilesof plumeria shots.. and some nature there in Panama.. perhaps you can get to the lot of them..here
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gordonhawk/134190043/
or start at the beginning .. leaving off everything after GordonHawk in the URL..all the best there..Gordon
that plumeria is beautiful! plumeria tree climbing sounds so un, and must be a sign of a dedicated plants lover! right now i g2g 2 church , but i'll see them when i come back
ok nvm... i was too slow getting ready, and my parents left me :'-(
Gordon, those are very nice pictures. panama is a beautiful place. i didn't expect it to be so deciduous! what a surprise.... and those huge brugmansia were awesome
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Yes.. it is indeed beautiful there...
naturally .. you'll not see a brug. growing near the coast... and I never saw plumeria growing wild way up ...inland... it's too cool and wet in the interior for the plumies to choose there... and I never saw one brug along the hotter coast... but in the higher rainner mountains the brugs are indeed large bushes/trees.. one townhas them growing ashedge rowplantingsalong the road of all of the coffee fields..
wish I had bought a bit of beach front when I was there.. but I was torn beetween a few places... and the family was aganst it being so provential or remote.. for their social ideals... Good growing ..
Gordon
let us pray.....
drumroll please..........
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oops no picture... sry
Very lovely !! how does it smell?
How long do the blooms last?
Kim
no clue how long the last.... i cant smell now the cold does NOT agree with my olfactory system!
Sorry about your sniffer :(
its all good! i'mgetting better... just the sudden change from upper70's as highs to lows in the low 30's was so sudden that i couldn't get used to it
almost there
Oh, how beautiful; I know you are happy tonight.
However, please don't forget to study for your remaining exams. No more C's, got it ?????
lol ok! but i have noticed that i remember better if i have breaks in between to let the information "soak in". I'm tellin you the truth!
Nice colors. Bet you can't wait until they fully open. Hope your sniffer starts working soon.
Davie
thanks dbrooks. i can catch a small scent kinda sweet fruity tropicalish. she is open now
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this pic gets the light a tad different
thanks.... i'm gonna show it to everyone that visits for christmas!!!
Awesome flower. How big is it?
Davie
about 3 1/2 inches
Lovely! Congratulations!