We’ve seen lots of pretty plumeria before, mostly in San Diego, but in Australia, they seem to be Australian Big—very few have blossoms that we could reach, even if we were crass enough to pluck them from someone else's plant.
This one (close-up above, perspective below) is at the Perth Mint.
The Royal Botanical Gardens in Sydney had a number of large trees, as well as a lot of small plantings, some still supported by stakes.
This tree was on the Low Isles, in the Great Barrier Reef. It was about 30’ tall, and had rough bark at the base, unlike the glossier bark on smaller plants.
I really wish you could just (with permission) snap a couple off and ship them to me.
ReplyDeleteSo if we did, is there any treatment to the snapped end, or do they pretty much self-seal with their own latex?
DeleteJust make sure it's a clean cut. Some people dip it in powdered rooting hormone; some people put it in a box of mulch. Someone once even showed me that if you take a leaf off the plant and press it really hard against the bottom, you can make a seal out of that.
ReplyDeleteBut they self-seal, for the most part. But Australia's a really hard country to clear customs and the US is a really hard country to clear customs. I wouldn't want you to waste the time. :)