Hey Love F., I have had bad experiences where the healthy plumeria plant or cutting I bought bloomed and proved to be something other than what I had purchased All three of these sellers were US sellers. One of the seller was in Hawaii and I can not mention her name here on G Web or her the business name she sold her plumies under as both her names are banned here (If you post her name or business name you get a warning that basically says that if you mention her names again you will be banned from G Web) but I guess the initials are ok TN. This sell and I had a good relationship and I trusted her and bought a ton of cuttings and plants from her over a 4 yr period I guess because she thought that we had a good relationship she could send me bogus plants and get away with it saying that it was a mistake... Once or twice is a mistake but many in a short consecutive period of time seems intentional. I paid 80.00 for a 11"cutting of Bill Morange that ended up being Daisy Wilcox, a Kaulanani that bloomed common yellow, and supposedly a special red plumeria that I paid 100.00 for a 12" 2 tipped cutting for 100.00 that ended up being Kimo, and there were several more that ended up being bogus also. The other seller was here in So Cal MG is the initials to her nursery. I spent about 4700.00 worth of plants from this seller, this was her wholesale pricing and she had a minimal dollar value you had to purchase. In this case I think since the seller was very, very old that the tags on the plants were mixed up by accident. I had bought a Nebels Rainbow that ended up being Nebels gold, a Hawaiian flag that was some kind of White plumeria. There was also an Ebay seller that everyone thought was legit in 2003 that was selling rare Thai Varities back in the day that were bogus. This seller was selling cuttings that were labled Thai Rainbow Peacock, nagchampa, and many other exotic named ones that ended up being kauka Wilder, Samoan fluff, and some other type of white plumies that kind of looked like Moonlight. This seller said that the person who shipped him the cuttings from Thailand ripped him off and that he didnt know that the plumies were fake. When everyone asked this seller who his source was he would not tell anyone who it was. If someone ripped you off wouldnt you want to out him and blast his name every where. I got ripped off for about 900.00, but unfortunately there were a lot of others that got ripped off also. Basically my point is that sometimes you get legit plants sometimes weather by mistake or fraud you end up with bogus plants. Best rule of thumb is buy from reputable sellers that stand behind their product and will replace or refund purchases that are either damaged, diseased or bogus. The other way to prevent mistakes with identity is to buy plants that are in bloom, usually you will have to go to the source directly to find blooming plants(in some cases if it is mail order you can call and ask the seller to send a blooming plant.) Personally other than those 3 examples out of literally almost 1000 plants and cuttings that I have bought over the years those are the only bad experiences I have had.

Virgo, I love your Varigated Ploy Chum Phu!! Looks like its doing well and it certainly is a Varigated... :-) Some friends have talked about Bkinterpants and they have had some good and some so-so experiences. I haven't bought anything from them, but I do hear some say they are alright. I also have some trees purchased from dealers here in the U.S. that have bought from Thai dealers. They come grafted and with very dry roots. I hold my breath when I get them started and potted up but I also treat them like they are cuttings and give them the same care to get those roots/ new roots growing. I also have purchased from BBB and have had good experiences with him as well.. Kukaits trees are simply beautiful!! Congratulations on your Marble Ice Cream!! I'm sure you are thrilled about that one ! I have a Thai Variegated Ametrine that I'm in the process of getting started and I have a few Maya's from a friend who purchased them from a Thai dealer. Good luck with your other trees! I'm sure you will be pleased!! Take care, Laura

I don't know, Its the Photo on the ebay add, The seller is Siam Something cant recall , But he or she also had Metallica plumeria seeds up for auction, I also won that auction ;) ... The picture he has on ebay looks like the JL Metallica. Should be interesting to see what these seeds turn out to be .. Thanks Ed..

I've only grown one so far. This will be the 4th year of it. Started with about a 10" stick and now it's about 4' tall or so. Wasn't sure if I needed to start over with the rooting process or just put it in the dirt. In south Texas so heat isn't a problem. Went and picked up some clay pots that I'm going to spray black to help get them started. I know the clay pots aren't optimal but I need the weight. Lots of wind here. Kinda surprised my other one hasn't started producing leaves yet. It's been in the 80's here. Never seen one produce multiple color flowers from same inflow.