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tdogdad

12 years ago

A ryan Chelsea pod opened

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wuvbear
12 years ago
I am new here. What is this pod from please? Is that from a plumeria????

Neysa
Andrew Scott
12 years ago
Hi and welcome to this group. Yes, the pod is from the pollinated flower.

Bill,
Congrats! I have never had a pod form. Looks like you will be having some fun planting seeds!! When did you cut the stem? I am guessing it will be sometime before I ever see one form on any of mine.

Andrew
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Ok so as for now, I think I will leave the pods on the plumeria and loosely wrap some cheesecloth around them and see what happens. I was wondering if anyone has any advice as to help with my other questions. Why the oddly shaped leaves, which you can see one in my picture above. Not every leaf, but more like 3-5 per plant. I read some info regarding leaf stress disorder, which if that is what mine is, it is a very mild case compared to the pictures I saw. Also when my tree blooms, it only gets four blooms at the most, which are replaced sparingly by a couple more once they are spent. And the flowers only last like two days before shriveling up. I realize I need to fertilize, which I don't. But I also read on this forum that there is a debate with success on both sides regarding repotting in the same pot after a root trim, and potting up. I have kept my plumerias in clay pots, which are now crumbling, and I am not sure what to do here. I live in a hot desert where the temps get up into the 120s and stay there. The black florist pots I have seen recommended on here I worry would get way too hot in the sun and cook my roots. Plus I tend to overwater during the summer months, which some argue is hard to do where I live. In addition, my plumerias are inside, and the one in the crumbling clay pot looks like it isn't going to go dormant. It has almost an inch of shiny new growth at the branch tips just from this past month and a half it has been inside. Would it be ok to repot now and then wait a couple weeks before fertilizing, or should I just wait for spring? Thanks all! Cassandra
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Loveplants2 8b Virginia Beach, Virginia
12 years ago
Looking Great BIll!!!

Congratlations!!!

Always interesting to watch them open..

Still is amazing how mother nature works!!!

They open so quick though....i watched mine one day, then the next day it wss open and some seeds were still there...

Those are quick little things...have to be so careful to catch the seeds.

I did use the knee hi trick that you had talked about to catch any seeds.

My DR has a seed pod on it and this will be the first time for me with a DR. So im thinking i will treat it like the Plumeria Seed pod.

Im going to try to collect the seeds like the Plumeria...

Any ideas?

Take care Bill!

Laura in VB
sunseeker53
12 years ago
Wow, lucky you Bill! Congrats!
Don't know how large the pod is but the seeds look like they're very big seeds!
Do you have a picture of Ryan Chelsea? Wonder what her offsprings will look like!
Did you cross with another variety or was this pod due to self-pollination?
I am getting baby seedpods on my Inca Gold, Evalani, Smith's Candy Stripe and Pinwheel plants! But since they just started, I know it's a long wait until they open (9 months! like a pregnancy :-)
tdogdad
Original Author
12 years ago
Hao- the ryan chelsea is a very pretty soft pink:
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I had forgotten about the pod and when I looked I saw it open just as you see it. I cut it off and brought it into the house as it is. It was a pod I did not start so who knows if it was self or cross. My wife raises butterflies so when she has a big crop, I get many pods.
sunseeker53
12 years ago
Ryan Chelsea is very pretty indeed! It will be interesting to see what her offsprings will look like!
jandey1
12 years ago
Nancy and Emerson showed me a picture at the Houston PSA sale of the pretty little girl the flower is named after.

It's about a 4" bloom, right? A very nice pink.

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