So I have this inflo that started the beginning of October, and I don't know what to do!

I live in NY, and the temperatures are beginning to drop. I have had this cutting for about 4 years, and this is the first inflo I have seen! I always bring it indoors during the winter and it goes dormant. I don't want to miss out on my first inflo, and would love to let it flower inside, but don't know what is better for the plant. I would prefer to do whatever would be best for future years.

Any help is appreciated!!!

Same situation here Matt.. My 1st "home grown" 2inch inflo appeared this week on Scott Pratt. Unfortunately, our temps are now dipping into the mid to low 40's at night on occasion..

BBQNBLUES said:Same situation here Matt.. My 1st "home grown" 2inch inflo appeared this week on Scott Pratt. Unfortunately, our temps are now dipping into the mid to low 40's at night on occasion..

@BBQNBLUES What are you doing about it? Have you gotten any advice??

Matt; At times this message board can be a bit quiet, so don't be disappointed by lack of responses..

As far as my inflo… I'm keeping an eye of the weather forecast & will move the plant onto a porch, so it's not as exposed to the wind … knowing a temporary cool down _won't hurt it. Should see some leaf drop soon & keeping fingers crossed the inflo goes dormant when I bring it in for the Winter... then re-awakens in the Spring.

Thanks for the input!

Just give them as much sun and heat as you can. I would be surprised if an inflo survived through dormancy.

The only way to have it bloom in the winter is to supply extra heat and light, to prevent it from going dormant. If you let it go dormant, the inflo MIGHT hang in until spring but they often abort, so no guarantees.

Dutchlady1 said:The only way to have it bloom in the winter is to supply extra heat and light, to prevent it from going dormant. If you let it go dormant, the inflo MIGHT hang in until spring but they often abort, so no guarantees.

I just want to make sure it isn't harmful to the plant for it to put energy into an inflo and then just stop. If it falls off during winter will the plant be ok next year?

If the inflo aborts the plant will be fine. Not uncommon at all.

A friend of mine brought a budding Plumaria inside last fall and let it bloom by a sunny window, then let it go dormant as usual. Gotta enjoy those first blooms! I would not worry about setting the plant back, especially with a four-year-old one. After all, we are growing them for the chance that they will Bloom.

I've brought them inside with beginning inflo's. They do bloom if it's bright and warm and then you can let it go dormant. Blooms are too special to waste!

I was trimming some big plumeria in the greenhouse the other day making cuttings of branches that were getting too wild and accidentally cut one off that has a bloom spike. I thought for sure it would abort, but I cut off all the leaves, let it callus for a few days then put it in to root. Its doing fine with no leaves, and has not aborted the bloom in favor of rooting. Even If it does abort, I don't care because it means that when the plant comes out of dormancy it will branch!

So I brought it inside and set it up with a 6500k bulb on a 12 hour on/off timer. Here's to hoping it continues to grow and then bloom!

It looks good, but it would be even better if you could lower the light. It can be much closer to your plant.

plantmanager said:It looks good, but it would be even better if you could lower the light. It can be much closer to your plant.

Thanks, I thought about that too. I will see if I can MacGyver some way for it to hang lower/closer.

Maybe you could put the plant up on something like a small table? I really hope you get it to bloom for you.

Hello Matt,
I live in the Hudson Valley so know your pain this time of year when the growing season for us comes to an end.
I have 10 plumeria, Ranging in size from 18 inches to 6 feet. At one time or another i have had later inflos and have allowed some to go dormant and have put some others under 6500k T5 grow lights. Grow lights prolong the growth but at a slower rate... but if given time, mine have bloomed.
For the ones that go dormant, i've had several wake up in Spring and flower early and through out the summer.Some inflos don't make it, some do.
Here's a few pic's of whats under lights now. All of these have inflows, but unless these become substitutes for a Christmas tree this year ( ) i will have to start letting them go dormant.
I have found the scott pratt to be very hard to keep the inflos going. They all seem to die off no matter what i do.

Great report on lights that work for you! We used the ficus as a "Christmas Tree" one year when we were traveling and didn't want to put up a real tree.

I did the same thing one year when I felt lazy. It made a great tree!

Thanks for the input! Managed to get my light closer to the inflo...here's to hoping I see some flowers this year! I actually forgot which type this plant was, so will be a surprise to see!