irun5k... yes I have noticed! I drive through a plumie-rich neighborhood to get to my son's school (ugh used to, now he's home for the summer) and I swear I wanted to knock on doors for cuttings. Everything, including my mature trees have been FULL blown for the last 3 months. (I gauge this by the fact the my royal gold is in full multiple inflow bloom usually by March 5 b/c that's the dad my father passed and he brought that back from Hawaii... I made him a lei that we tossed at sea with him and make him one now every year. Sad, but it's a great calendar with happy tears). I believe I have a Jean Moragne (received a cutting years ago and not quite sure) that I'm raising seeds from that have thrown 3" red and green new stems already, but still awaiting anxiously for those coveted first blooms to see what I might have spawned. I think it was our mild winter.... if you can call it winter here :) Heidi

Dave, that is a beautiful flower, I like how the pink is set off against the blue/green of the leaves in the background....perfect. To get the double inflo was truly a bonus. It looks so real and lifelike.....it's just as if I could lean over into the screen and smell it (or pinch a teensy- weensy cutting, hehehe!)...lovely! Gill.

I like to try to keep the inflo if I don't know what color / variety the cutting is, but since you have the mother tree there's really no point in trying to root with the inflo. Cuttings will definitely root faster with the inflos removed.

Sorry to hear that, I know exactly how you feel right now. It's hard to tell but sometimes cuttings do shrivel a little bit while rooting but that doesn't usually mean it is rotting. I don't like pulling my plumerias when I'm trying to root it. But in this case, if you want to be sure, pull it out gently and look for signs of roots or rotting on the base of the stick underneath the soil. If you don't see roots, do the pin prick test to see if white saps will come out. I'm hoping it will. Check your soil to make sure it is not soggy wet. If you have roots or it is not rotting (base should show some signs of swelling to show that it is trying to root) then just stick it back in the dirt and don't water it again until the leaves are big. You can mist the Branch or wrap it with moist paper towel to keep it hydrated while waiting for it to root but leaving the bottom moist to almost dry. Hope you placed your inflo in a vase, sometimes the buds will open up even if you cut it. And remember you have a red one so it takes longer to root. Good luck.