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| <h2>Featured Article: Frangipani - Plumeria</h2> | | <h2>Featured Article: Frangipani - Plumeria</h2> |
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| + | [[Image:Plumeria alba flowers.jpg|thumb|250px|Plumeria blooms]] |
− | | color = IndianRed
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− | | name = ''Plumeria''
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− | | image = Plumeria alba flowers.jpg
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− | | image_caption = ''Plumeria alba'' (White Frangipani) | |
− | | growth_habit = [[Shrub]], Small Tree
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− | | high = 18ft
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− | | lifespan = [[Perennial]]
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− | | exposure = Full Sun, High Shade
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− | | water = moderate
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− | | features = Flowers, Fragrance
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− | | hardiness = Frost tender
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− | | usda_zones = vary
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− | | sunset_zones = vary by species
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| '''''[[Plumeria]]''''' (common name '''Frangipani'''; [[syn.]] ''Himatanthus'' [[Willd.]] ex [[Roem.]] & [[Schult.]]) is a small genus of 7-8 handsome and useful species native to tropical and subtropical [[Americas]]. Open plants have leathery, pointed leaves at the ends of the branches. Flowers during warm seasons, and give clusters of large, showy, waxy flowers with a strong perfume. ''Plumeria'' is related to the Oleander, ''[[Oleander|Nerium oleander]]'', and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of ''[[Euphorbia]]''. | | '''''[[Plumeria]]''''' (common name '''Frangipani'''; [[syn.]] ''Himatanthus'' [[Willd.]] ex [[Roem.]] & [[Schult.]]) is a small genus of 7-8 handsome and useful species native to tropical and subtropical [[Americas]]. Open plants have leathery, pointed leaves at the ends of the branches. Flowers during warm seasons, and give clusters of large, showy, waxy flowers with a strong perfume. ''Plumeria'' is related to the Oleander, ''[[Oleander|Nerium oleander]]'', and both possess poisonous, milky sap, rather similar to that of ''[[Euphorbia]]''. |
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| ''Plumeria'' flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure [[sphinx moths]] to pollinate them. The flowers have no [[nectar]], and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar. | | ''Plumeria'' flowers are most fragrant at night in order to lure [[sphinx moths]] to pollinate them. The flowers have no [[nectar]], and simply dupe their pollinators. The moths inadvertently pollinate them by transferring pollen from flower to flower in their fruitless search for nectar. |