Hi jodi !! You could air layer. Most plumeria people don't.. We graft or recut to reroot.. There are several methods that you could do with your tall lanky tree!! Some of them get that way, but that isn't a bad thing.. It just got to top heavy. Some think its unsightly as well.. You could cut the top off and leave about twelve inches and rerooting. ( cut off leaves. ) leave inch on stems. They will fall of naturally. Then you could take a mid cut section. , or just cut it down to a nice size trees to start to re branch. ( I would leave about twelve inches and the seal the section that has the rootball. ( seal the top cut. Waterproof would glue) After it stop bleeding latex . It you root. Let the natural cutting that is oozing it seal in the home for 7-14 days. ( Dont use waterproof wood glue on bottom .....Callus It will be ready then to pot up in dry soil and get initial watering. Warm bottom heat is the best... Then leave it alone for 6-8 weeks. Mist if you think it is getting dehydrated. Mid cuts. Make sure the lead node are smiling at you so you know which end is up!! ;-) If it was my tree. I wouldn't do anything just yet. You have waited for this one to bloom. I would stake it so it can have some stability and be able to enjoy your precious bloom!! It take so long to bloom, why take the chance on cutting now and it aborting the inflo ? Stake with strong tomato stakes inside the containers. Or rebar... Tie them off so it doesn't move.. Enjoy it for the summer. Then this spring and after it blooms , it will branch out from the inflo. So you will have a better tip to root or graft. I like the idea of grafting the top of the tree ( cut the middle out ) and graft to the bottom twelve or eight inches. Slant cut or v cut.. Then you could root the mid section.. If the graft doesn't work, you could always recut , callas and root ... Win win... Enjoy the inflo.. You earned it!!! ;-). Stake so its not top heavy. It's easy. You could use rebar if needed. It comes in sections at lowes. I use four foot sections to help mine... Then figure out what you would like to do.. It will go dormant. They it will wake up and the energy will be a good time to figure out what you want to do. The beginning of the summer will be the best time. Bottom heat... Hope this helps. Lol. I know you posted at the plumeria forum, but I couldn't leave along message then... Hope you understand where I'm coming from? Enjoy.. Plant time.. Lol. It can be done next season.. Enjoy your blooms. You deserve to enjoy these beauties!! Just my opinion!!! Take good care!!!! Laura.

Six of us made it plus two little ones (Jandy Jr. and KMS Jr.). Jandy, elucas, Barbra, Sirkeith and wife, and me. Barbra and I rode together. Its great to have her along and not just because she brings her front row parking permit. :) Jandy JR and KMS JR found the ubiquitous nursery cat and made sure she got lots of attention and probaby a few grapes and cheeseballs too. They had not brought their in ground Plumerias back out but still had them in an obscure corner of a storage/greenhouse which it wasnt intended for us to be in but we were on a mission and won't be denied. They were just sitting on cardboard bare root. I was surprised to see that they just pull them out of the ground and left the leaves which IMO would dehydrate them (which they were). There were also about a dozen JJ 5 gallon plumerias still there. Most were the "premium X" or had the labels missing but there was one Mini Devine with 8 tips and 2 starting inflos (went home with Keith) and a very thick Southern Cross with six tips and a Thumbilina with 6 or 7 tips (both went with me). Barbra made sure I got some sort of discount for buying two plants. Jandy also gave me a two tip ETLD so now the correct answer on her Seedling Challenge is 30. She also gave me a very healthy Moragne #78 (Kelly I think). Also some Pride of Barbados Seeds. I went there with a box of cuttings and gladly departed with it empty to fill it up again as I pull mine out of the greenhouse and prune for shape. Everyone left with multiple cuttings of Rose Red, JL Penang Peach, Dean Conklin, JL Candystripe, JL Lei Rainbow, Aztec Gold, Jeannie Moragne Jr, NOID white Pinwheel, Celadine, and Giveaway Pink. Most of those cuttings were taken this weekend so please let them callus over. If you are not sure if its ready let me know. Thanks to Jandy for organizing (again) and for everyone who made it out there. I enjoyed it and look forward to the next meeting.

Boo! Just pick one good variety, something like Celadine with a great scent that blooms well with a robust habit, and concentrate all your efforts to just growing one good tree that you will enjoy all summer. Get yourself a single Metal Halide spotlight I believe they come in about 150 or 200W. Set up a rig where you can clamp the bulb on top of a rod and stick it in the pot so the bulb can hang down over the plant. Leave your Plumeria dormant from November until January...then come February use the lamp. As a bonus it also gives off HEAT. With some luck inflos will start in March/ April. Keep up with the heat and slowly acclimate the plant to the outdoors in May. You can enjoy blooms outdoors July onwards. Celadine blooms will look and smell great even in the absence of 85+ heat. x

Mark and Emily, I'm glad you enjoyed the photos! I keep coming back to look, too. :) Joan, this was on the top of my bucket list for a long time and I'm so glad to have crossed it off. Well, until the next trip, heehee. You will love it! The condos were surprisingly affordable, too, so definitely look into those if you go as most are walking distance to beaches. Even in August there were no big crowds anywhere, which was an unexpected bonus. K, we had a fabulous time--thank you again for all the great tips! Palm, I think we missed the peak of plumeria blooms by a few weeks, so maybe around mid-July?