started a cutting in spring , now its late july and all it has produced is a large flower stem which is flowering and very beautiful . has a few leaf buds but they are not growing. should i have cut off the flower stem to get more leaves or will leaves grow once the flowering has finished ...thanks

Hello vicbad, if those are still cuttings with no roots formed yet, those blooms are latent blooms of the previous season.

I have learned to cut the blooms, if I know it is still a cutting with no roots, so the cutting can instead focus its growth to new roots and leaves first.

with @tarev

i figured, thanks for the info , I'm new to this and the flowers are opening and very spectacular its shame to cut it off . collateral damage i guess

I know the feeling vicbad. I felt the same before during my first attempts with Plumeria. I had similar case, I was hesitant to cut the flower so I let it bloom. It only managed one solo bloom, not making any leaves. When bloom finally fizzled out, I checked the soil level, no roots at all..that taught me a hard lesson.