Hi, I'm concerned about what I found on my plumeria today. When I first touched it, it felt like dust and so I thought it may be spidermites looking online. I sprayed the leaves with water, but there are still white specs. Only the leaves on the top half have this white stuff while the bottom half of the leaves look fine. Nothing appears to be on the undersides of any of the leaves. Any idea what this might be and what I should do? Maybe it was just dust sitting near a window?




Edit: Just found what appears to be mites so I guess next step is getting neem oil. Will the white specs ever go away on the leaves?

The white specs won't go away as they are bite marks from the mites. I would cut off all infected leaves and dispose of them in the trash, that way the mites can't spread to other plants. The plumeria will grow new leaves and the neem oil will keep away the mites. This is what I have done in the past and it was successful for me.

Thank you for the response! I believe the mites are gone now but should I still remove the leaves with the bite marks? So disappointing! It grew so much over the summer About half the leaves

Removing the leaves is a choice, if they bother you - take them off. Otherwise Mother Nature will take care of it in time.

Okay! Thank you so much! As you can tell I'm new to all this lol. I got my plumeria about a year and a half ago and have had no problems since now! I'm glad I found this site :D