Correction: It is a Plumeria Alba
About ten days ago now, I posted an entry about my latest plant - the West Indian Jasmine, which I assigned to the acutifolia variety of the Plumeria. A keen reader (ok, it was my father), pointed out that the variety obtained in Egypt is actually the Plumeria alba. The post is meanwhile accordingly corrected. Thanks Paps!
My Latest Plant Addition: Plumeria alba
Today the plant nursery I deal with finally delivered on a promise to procure a West Indian Jasmine (botanical name: Plumeria alba) for me. The coveted plant, with its beautiful highly fragrant flowers is fairly common in Egypt; however, at the nursery, only very large specimen had been available.
The one I obtained is of exactly the correct size, but alas, I found it to be in a less than perfect condition: the three stems have very little foliage, and they show no promise of blossoming this season.
Nonetheless, I did purchase the plant and dutifully repotted it; it now adorns the easternmost corner of my balcony. I hope I will be able to nurse it into a more vivid state. And who knows, maybe it will reward me with a late-season bloom.
The one I obtained is of exactly the correct size, but alas, I found it to be in a less than perfect condition: the three stems have very little foliage, and they show no promise of blossoming this season.
Nonetheless, I did purchase the plant and dutifully repotted it; it now adorns the easternmost corner of my balcony. I hope I will be able to nurse it into a more vivid state. And who knows, maybe it will reward me with a late-season bloom.
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