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You are seeing here two different species of Plumeria
This one is Plumeria Obtusa with White Flowers – called White Champa.
The other one is Plumeria Pudica – commonly called as Naag Champa – perhaps because of it leaf shape which resembles the hood of a cobra snake.
Well Now moving on to Care Tips for Plumeria plants.
Whatever is the species, these are the common care tips for all plumerias. With the proper plumeria plant care, these wonderful tropical plants can live for many years in containers.They can grow very tall when grown in ground soil.
Plumerias like a lot of water during their active growing season (spring and summer), but be careful with overwatering because this can lead to rot and kill the plant. So the best method is to dip you finger to about an inch into the soil and if its dry, then water the plant thoroughly. This depends on you climatic zone and season and also whether you have kept it in full sun. May be you need to water daily or alternate days depending on your climate. One important point to remember is use clay pots and not plastic pots if you are keeping any plant in full direct sunlight.
For best flowering, keep it in full direct sunlight and maximum sunlight if possible. Or atleast 4 to 6 hours of sunlight is required. And Depending on your climatic zone, some regions might have to shift this indoor in winter season where they go in dormancy period.
LASTLY ON Plumeria PROPAGATION. They are really easy to propagate from cuttings. The only point you need to remember is, they are milky sap plants. Be little careful with the milk – it can be a skin irritant to some people. The cutting should be dried for 2- 3 days to form a callous at the cut end and then you can insert it into soil. This roots very easily but sometimes rooting can be very late. Do not discard – sometimes it can take months before showing signs of rooting or growth as you can see in my case. And You can take any sized cutting and success rate is really good.
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Plumeria is a genus of flowering plants in the family, Apocynaceae. Most species of this plant are deciduous shrubs or small trees. These are mainly grown as ornamental plants in warm regions and produces nice flowers called champa flowers with a very pleasant fragrance like a scent.
It is called by various names like Champa tree in India , chempakam, Kath Golap, aaraliya or temple tree, Japanese frangipani and so on..
Plumeria species can be propagated easily by cutting leafless stem tips in spring. Cuttings are allowed to dry at the base before planting in well-drained soil. Cuttings are particularly susceptible to rot in moist soil.
There are more than 300 named varieties of Plumeria like plumeria rubra (red flowers), plumeria alba (white flowers) . This plant is very much similar to Adenium (desert rose) – which also has many varieties like alba and rubra and also both belong to the same genus of Apocynaceae.
The main differences are in appearances like:
Adeniums are large trunked with the bottom resembling a bulb, but as a whole they are small plants with smaller leaves. Adenium Root can also be enlarged like tubers.
Plumeria small trunked without any form of elongated tubers, and these plants that can grow big and tall, with long leaves and large shapes.
Plumeria species have a milky latex that, like many other Apocynaceae which contains poisonous compounds that irritate the eyes and skin.
So, coming back to plumeria propagation. We will start the rooting process of a cutting I brought from this beautiful white larger plumeria or champa tree with white flowers – that’s plumeria alba – alba means white.
You are seeing this mud wrapped around the base of the cutting, the person who gave me this cutting thought it would dry up and may not produce result if its left for drying, but in case of plumeria we have to dry this rooting area for about two days before planting in soil. So I am cleaning off this and allowing it to dry.
These Cuttings are allowed to dry, not in direct sunlight but just under room temperature. We do this because they are more prone to rot with fungus if kept too moist and directly insert in soil.
The success rate of these plumeria cuttings is great and that’s really encouraging for beginners in gardening. So, the basic procedure for this and also adenium is as follows:
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