Great blooms. Its probably bitter cold by you right now outside, but your plumerias seem to be loving it inside. One of my plumerias is completely out of dormancy now, another one I just bought is putting out some new leaves, and my variegated plumeria has a new leaf comming out, but is pretty dormant right now. I also have a cutting that took root, but still no signs of leaves yet.

You are doing a great job with your plumerias. I hope I see lots of blooms on my plumerias too this summer. It looks like your plumerias flowering in the pic have enough buds to flower for the rest of the winter, maybe more. Once it goes outside the inflos will be even bigger!

Good luck!

aw they're so pretty, thanks for sharing.
My indoor dwarf Singapore is currently developing an inflo spike too, i'm super excited :)

great job in zone 4. Hot days are a long way away for you so keep those lights on.

My hats off to you! If you can afford the electricity bill and got a knack for keeping the mites at bay, AWSOME!

They are very beautiful!

Mike..:-)

Thanks everyone. We actually had colder weather the first couple of weeks in December (-18 F.) than we are having now, although we do have 1 and 1/2 feet of snow outside on the lawn. Mike, the few bucks of extra electricity to get plumeria to bloom in the middle of the winter is worth it! Between this and the light bulbs outside in my palm boxes, I figure it may cost me an extra $15.00 per month.

Mike, regarding mites, what a chore! I must watch for mites carefully, every day. The lights are bright enough I can easily spot any. If I see just one mite crawling around, I spray the whole plant. So far, by doing this everyday, it has kept the mite population under control. My worst problem is waiting to water a plant now and then until it is too dry, and then it's oldest leaves will turn yellow and fall off, but the plants are doing very well. My seedlings that I started in July and August are now a foot tall, have robust trunks and large healthy leaves. I wouldn't be surprised if they bloom before one year old. Good luck with your plumeria, everyone!

Wonderful..I hear you about the mite thing..

Your right though, when you really want something that brings you delight, the work and sometimes expense can be far worth it..

Mike

Thanks for sharing the photos! What is the temp where the plumies are?

Newgen, I have shut off the furnace vent in my basement room, because the lights bring the temperature up to over 80 F. during the daytime. At night when the high output lights are off, I have a regular old-fashioned florescent light fixture on some seedlings that keeps the room at about 70 F. It's a small basement room, and the evaporation of the water from the plants and pots keep the humidity pretty high. It feels like the tropics in this room. If I'm cold, all I have to do is pop in this room for a short period. It's like escaping to Hawaii!