DEDICATION To our colleagues and friends, fellow travellers and seekers; To all who aspire for a " world of peace and harmony and for whom the language of the flowers and their spiritual message is the uplifting hand of beauty guiding us on the path to realization.

Puu Kahea  Kimi Moragne  Dwarf Singapore Kaneohe Sunburst  Kimo Lurline   Cindy Moragne  Cerise  Sally Moragne   Page - 30 MAJOR CULTIVARS   The following list describes nearly 60 named cultivars presently in cultivation. Of the thousands of plumeria hybrids throughout the world, these have been selected for a number of reasons. Firstly, almost all are recognized varieties, documented in various publica

Plumeria obtusa var. Matrimandir Gardens, Auroville, India Plumeria obtusa Singapore Plumeria obtusa var. Matrimandir Gardens, Auroville, India — note pink bud Plumeria caracasana Wild collected in the Dominican Republic — Matrimandir Gardens, Auroville, India Plumeria (Cacaloxochiti) found in the Badianus Manscript, dated 1552, depicting partially opened flowers Plumeria stenopetala (P. stenophylla) Developing buds show- ing color

FORWARD   WITH ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS   For many the love of plumerias has blossomed with a visit to a tropical climate, especially Hawaii or the Caribbean. A first glance at these extraordinary tropical trees and shrubs, bedecked with hundreds of scented blooms in a rainbow of colors, has inspired thousands to attempt to transplant this magical, exotic experience to the home garden. Who would not wish to have the beauty and fragrance of Frangipani flowers for arrangements, to wear in the hair or to admire in the landscape even as they fall and carpet the earth. Thus, for many, begins a lifelong fascination and ambition, not merely to propagate and grow plumerias, often in cl

AINTERESTING ACCOUNTS AND OBSERVATIONS   Plumerias are known for unusual habits that often go against the norm .... We have a mature plant that produced an inflorescence, and instead of falling off, it began to produce vegetative growth on top, sprouting new leaves as if it were a branch! At the Matrimandir gardens we named one plant 'Hexiad' because of its ability to consistently produce six-petalled flowers. Since vegetative reproduction assures us that a new plant will be identical to the plant from which it was taken, how is it that a cutting of a red cultivar will bloom pink or yellow the next year? Although we have not experienced this phenomena, close fri

GLOSSARY   Acuminate. Tapering with somewhat concave sides to a protracted, acute point. Aestivation. The arrangement of the perianth or its parts in the bud. Anther. The pollen-bearing part of the stamen. Callus. In cuttings or on injuries, the thick new tissue that develops and covers the injury. Cambium. A layer of formative cells between the wood and bark in woody plants: the cells increase by division and differentiate to form new wood and bark. Cochleate. Coiled like a snail shell. Comose. Bearing a tuft of soft hairs. Corolla. The inner circle or second whorl of floral envelopes. (The outer whorl is the calyx.) Cultivar. A horticultural variety

nkPlastic  Samoan Fluff Katie Moragne pure Gold Jean Moragne  Nebel's Rainbow Candy Stripe  Lei Rainbow INTRODUCTION   ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FLOWERS   The study of plants and flowers is twofold; a gradual and progressive inner awakening to their spiritual nature and their messages, and the day to day physical work that teaches us through beauty, the discipline of understanding their needs and a

APPENDIX A Page- 98 Page - 99   Mary Helen standing by a mature 'Dwarf Deciduous', against a dramatic backdrop of an approaching storm in the mountains.     Petite Pink — The car  in the background shows the scale of this mature, exceptionally dwarf plumeria grown for many years in good soil.   Page - 100   These two unnamed hybrids of considerable beauty were photographed in Hawaii. New plumeria cultivars are discovered every year in all parts of the world from seedlings of unknown parentage.     Page - 101  

  A mature plumeria tree growing in Hawaii. Height approximately 10-12 feet with twice that in spread. Note the tall Araucarias (Norfolk Island Pines) in the background.     One  of many dense compact shrub-type plumerias in a natural habitat .with a carpet of ferns beneath and the blooms of the Octopus tree (Brassaia actinophylla) in the background.     Page - 24 DESCRIPTION   PLANT TYPES AND STRUCTURE   Plumerias range in size from dwarf shrubs that even in the most ideal climates rarely grow more than 3 to 4 feet in height after many years, to large trees that may attain hei

 RESEARCH ON PLUMERIAS   Studies on Branching A study on branching has been conducted under the direction of Dr. Richard Criley at the University of ^^^ i>. Criley has written us recently that the project will not be completed for several months more but so far it has been found that "... lanolin paste applications of N-6-benzyladenine (rates from 0.5 to 4 mg BA per gram of lanolin) to cut stumps/branches produced an increased number of breaks over the controls, but there were insufficient replications for good statistics." In 1973 Dr.Criley published some valuable research in the Horticulture Digest, a publication of the Cooperative Extension Service, University of Hawaii, e