Is that normal for some flowers to have 6 petals? I don't believe I have experienced that.

I have a plumertiaCannot remmeber the proper ID name)that I got from Mimi, the moderator of the old Aloha Plumeria forum. She didn't know the proper name of it either at the time, so she named it Mimi's Pride.

A lot of people said it was hard to root. Mine both took a long time to root.

The flowers are pink and also have 6 petals. I had an inflo one time, but I knocked the water bottle over and the inflo broke off...sadly never got to see it, so I cannot tell you what the flowers look or smell like. I am hoping that both my cuttings will bloom this year.

Andrew

Andrew, you've got mail. Peg

Tropic 7,

I hope you find the name of your gorgeous Plumeria!!!

Love the size of your tree and your beautiful yard!!!

Take Care,

Laura

Tropic, that's a beautiful flower but the traits don't bring to mind any named plumeria that I know of, and in fact it could from a unique seedling (or a plumeria that just hasn't been named yet). Whatever it is, the growth habit alone makes it wonderful and you get gorgeous bright pink flowers on top of that! Your bottom photo is a nice illustration of how different their growth habits can be.

Andrew,
Thank you for your response, I've had very good success starting this from cuttings ( hot summer works best ).
I have several from last year in pots full of new leaves.
I would love to see what "Mimi's Pride" looks like?
I'm not a pro with names, just have a green thumb and I never knew how many people love to grow these wonderful plants.

Laura,
Thank you, I have several different varieties of plumeria growing in the from yard. In fact my neighborhood we all share and love these plants, some trees are close to 20ft tall! I appreciate you complements!

Jandey,
I've not seen this produce seed pods, but I am studying the techniques via the internet and YouTube. I've been lucky to have the sphinx moths do it for me! I have a huge seed pod on my Kimo Plumeria that haven't split open yet. The two lower photos were taken in very bright sunlight and look washed out. I've looked all over the internet trying to find it's name? The lower photo is a four year old tree and is growing right by my mailbox down by the road! I do get a lot of looky-loos and some folks like to take pictures! and an occasional knock at the door. Thank you for your comments!

The closest I've see are named "Bella Vista" a Thai variety or and old Florida variety called "Flamingo Pink"
Can be seen here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lopaka/290365625/

Stuart, did you ever find out what this pink variety is? Did you also check "Pink Ruffles"?

OK its 10 49pm on vacation and on posting response on GW..lol
Anyway Tropic7 not all plumies have been named. So you may have an un-named unknown variety. I know in Hawaii a lot of people share cuttings but they do not know the variety. In Hawaii if you look at some huge Plumies a lot of time you will see a ton of sprouting seedlings as the seed pod splits and scatters the seeds on the ground and they germinate.
So again you may have an un-named variety.

Here is a Thai Variety that has a larger yellow eye and does not have 6 petals.

The bloom looks just like the flower I saw in Franks back yard. It was called Pink Ruffels, the plant was as tall as me, so it was about 5'6" tall. I fell in love with the bloom, but I think his was larger than the 3 inches that Florida Colors said it is. Barbra

Here is a pic JL Pink Ruffles, the petals have a wave to them.

I just love it! I don't remember his plant having wavy petals, but I know I loved the color. I remember thinking that the bloom looked like the bloom on his pink pansy. Whatever he has is what I want, both have beautiful blooms. I bought pink pansy, and ordered pink ruffels from him. Barbra

Honey B,
I think there is a Pink Ruffles Non. JL that originated in San Diego that does not have the ruffling petals. They would probably have it at the PSA sale, but you need to specify non "JL" Pink Ruffles...
Cheers

I will get the rooted cutting in August, next year I will post pictures. All I know is it's beautiful. Barbra

Carl Herzog's Pink Ruffles.

Okay, one more I keep running across: Pretty in Pink. Supposed to have a compact growth habit, too.

I'm having this one looked at by a PSA member in Naples because of it's inflo characteristics as each flower faces up.
Not to the side or down. The inflo is also very fuzzy!, like peach fuzz. The PSA member also thought it might be "Pretty in Pink" but later stated that it's not because of the inflo.
I've got them scratching they're heads on this one!
I went to visit the original tree and it's gone!
Now a parking lot is in it's place with a new ocean front condo. I'm sure the tree was bulldozed, this would have been last winter and you know what plumies look like in winter!
Stuart