It is related to the Oleander, Nerium oleander, and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of Euphorbia.
Contact with the sap may irritate eyes and skin. Each of the separate species of Plumeria bears differently shaped alternate leaves and their form and growth habits are also distinct. The leaves of P. alba are quite narrow and corrugated, while leaves of P. pudica have an elongated oak shape and glossy, dark green color. You can place it in a well lit porch and cool temperature and it will bloom continuously from summer to autumn. It forms a shrub 1 to 3 m high. While planting, let it stay cool and dry in winter and resume watering it gradually in spring. It is most fragrant at night in order to lure sphinx moths to pollinate them.
The flowers have no nectar, and simply dupe their pollinators. It has a romantic fragrance and a choice of beautiful warm tropical colours. For centuries frangipani has been one of the great plants for human adornment. The early uses of frangipani have been recorded by the ancient Aztecs. It is a deciduous shrubs and trees, native to Mexico and Central America and Venezuela, and it produces flowers ranging from yellow to pink.
In several Pacific islands, Frangipanis are used for making leis. Frangipani has spread to all tropical areas of the world. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar.The most fragrant frangipani are those of light shade and it is called Bird of paradise.
The large bluish green leaves of Strelitzia flowers and orange and blue spectrum, whose shape recalls the head of a bird, may appear twice a year, and will give a tone decidedly exotic to your veranda. Buy old plants with the development of more than 1 m in all directions, so that you can grow them in a large pottery filled with a light and nutritious soil. The cool temperatures in winter cause the roots to be a bit cramped and promotes flowering. Its species may be easily propagated from cuttings of leafless stem tips in spring.
Cuttings are allowed to dry at the base before planting in well-drained soil. Cuttings are particularly susceptible to rot in moist soil. Propagation can also be by tissue culture from cuttings of freshly elongated stems or aseptically germinated seed. Pruning is best accomplished in the winter for deciduous varieties, or when cuttings are desired.
This flowering plant is good in planting in the garden to make it more elegant. You can plant it together with the Fern weeping plant or Platycerium. It is an epiphytic plant it grows by clinging to trees without the parasite. It adapts well to the atmosphere. It may even live longer you can put in the suspended from the structure of the veranda so that the elderly can reach impressive dimensions of 1 m or more in all directions.
