Most of us started out offering Marigold seeds for expensive plants, so yes - you learn as you go. I visited Miami, several years ago, and was smitten with the Plumeria trees I saw in peoples' yards. I was brazen and knocked on the doors, asked for cuttings and was give a suitcase full of cuttings! I also found some in the yard waste piles in front of peoples' homes, so just get out and drive around. You learn, once you are addicted to plants, to always carry paper towels, garden shears and baggies with you at all times. You will be able to gather cuttings and seeds whenever you find them and get permission!

Best thing to do is post in the tropical plant forums or the plumeria forums - also try y*hoo groups (plant swap) thats all these guys trade is cuttings and seeds of plumeria - you will be very hard pressed to find this plant or its seeds up here in the great white north - there are a couple people from Hawaii in (plant swap) that trade these this will ensure you get fresh seed - tropical seed usually is short lived so it is best to get it fresh. Remember plumeria get very large 30-40 feet so in 4-5 years you will need a greenhouse to overwinter them .Here is a site to check out http://www.plumeria101.com/

Sorry I forgot to mention I have sugar apple seeds and cherimoya seeds to trade. Andrew

realcocacola78, I am going to be trimming my grandmother's tree in the next few weeks...I have tried to explain why it is not the best time to prune, but she insists that I prune in fall :/ anyway, I will have some cuttings to send your way. I have calloused and rooted fall cuttings in spring and summer from her trees with nearly 100% success rate, however, I am in so cal. She has three varieties: a celedine, a rainbow that looks similar to k.sunburst (most stubborn rooter d/t skinny branch syndrome), and a pink that has darker pink shades in warm weather. I have pics of the flowers on my ipad and ill attach those when I can. Storing them over winter will be the best and rooting them with a heat mat come spring should work for you. I dont know how to contact members on the new houzz format like gardenweb used to allow...but we can get each other's info privately if you're interested. stephen