Hi Stellabella, Sorry for your loss. Guess that means you'll be visiting floridacolors.com. I'm a newbie at this and sadly admit to losing several, but for the opposite reason. I planted them all in the recommended black nursery pots, out in all day autumn sunlight. Well, here in central Arizona that tended to be way too hot for some and I lost a Pink Pansy, Cerise, Mardi Gras, Aloha, Rim Fire, Kimi Moragne and Stargazer. They seem to take a while to tell you "I'm dying", so by the time I corrected the problem they were gone. An expensive lesson, but I do want to give it another try.

Stella, I am so sorry to hear this...It can be devastating to loose just one..:-(

I hope your others do well for you...

Mike

Are you keeping them watered at least a little bit?

Dave has a great point..

I would also ask if you might of happened to have them in a soil mix that was watered, but stayed wet too long?

Mike..:-)

Plumerias can take quite an amount of heat and humidity. I wonder if you watered them regularly which is not done while rooting. I normally water once and then wait for leaves to grow before watering again. The stems have water to supply the plants until roots grow. Rot is usually a product of too much water or the cutting exposed to very cold conditions while being stored, shipped or during the first months of rooting. Bill

Thanks Everyone! I did some digging around when i threw them out. The Daisy W had no roots. I think that might have contributed. Im scared to water them even the tiniest bit. I dont want to lose them. Not too sure what happened with the Passion Orange. It was fully rooted and the soil was dry. When I brought them in for the winter all the soil was dry but I did water them a *tiny* bit when I had them on a heat mat, Less than half a gallon for all of them.
Faithnhope- I couldnt handle losing a Mardi Gras, She is TOO beautiful.

Never worried about plumeria before, but we had 4 straight days of temps in the upper 20's and I lost quiet a few of the plants. I have some very large ones and the tips are kinda spongy so I don't know if they will recover. I cut several large ones down and will try to use the tips to get more started. Several years ago we had snow for a few days and never lost a plant.

So far, I've lost the growing tip on one plant (Black tip) due to spider mites.

Dave, can't you just keep spraying every week to keep them at bay if not gone?

I have yet to loose any from black tip due to those stinkin pesty pests..

Mike..:-)

stellabella- e-mail me at plumeriabill@yahoo.com and I have a partial solution. Bill
Dave- sorry to hear your bug problem but I also find that if I do not carefully remove any leaf stem pieces or the last small leaf starts on the tip, both can also induce rot, depending on the variety.
Mike- love your enthusiasm. Just think you were going to throw in the towel at one time. Glad you hung in there.

Mike and Bill,

This plant is indoors, so I don't do pesticides. However, I do use the Safer Soap, which can cause the plants to defoliate if I spray too much on them. So I try to limit that. I also spray water occasionally -- not sure that helps at all. The mites suck on the developing new leaves as well as on the green tips themselves. The black tip develops quickly.

We have a 1-year-old baby who keeps us on our toes, so I don't always have time to go down to spray them or check on them!

This is a Lei Rainbow and I believe I've had issues with this particular plant before, so it may just be a more vulnerable variety. I may just chuck it.

PLEASE HELP WE HAD A FREEZE AND SOME TIPS ON IN GROUND PLUMERIA HAD BECOME VERY SOFT .SHOULD I CUT THE SOFT TIPS OFF ? PLANTS IN POTS IN MY SCREENED PORCH ARE FINE.THANK YOU

If the tips are black or look like a candle that has melted cut it now the longer you leave the bad on the more it will rot Cut til you get to clean white. Here in central fl we had 11 days of freezing weather total devastation. Lost alot