Plumeria du Jour - Irma #5
(Plumeria • )
Irma #5 is a great plant that has flowered quickly and profusely for me, no doubt assisted by the fact that my supplier grafted it onto heartier rootstock.
It’s a Thai variety with good-sized (2-inch-wide) deep pink blooms that start out almost red, graduating to an orangish center. At a point in each bloom’s life, the pinkness somehow achieves an almost translucent quality, like sunlight through a pink seashell. The flower veins and a pleasant graininess show up as the initial bright bloom color fades. The blooms hold a pleasant, medium Frangipani fragrance and are composed of rounded, overlapping pedals with slightly cupped edges.
The leaves are medium green and somewhat narrow, growing on a plant with somewhat slender stems, which branches easily after flowering. I recommend this variety to anyone in the Gulf Coast area.
Oh yeah, and click on the photo for a better look.
→ B.Dunn, Jul 14, 2009, 07 01 am
