In Oct 2008 my wife & I took our first trip to Maui. The aroma there was intoxicating. I fell in love with these beautiful flowers. Only my love for the Plumeria would wait until I finally had the courage to attempt to have a green thumb. 10 years to the day this Oct I decided to order my first Plumeria from BB&B (I live so close but I still had them ship to me out of convenience. Typhoon was my chosen child. She arrived fully rooted not grafted. My heart jumped with joy! Finally my first stick.... I joke with my wife "I finally have a stick to shake". She just stares at me & rolls her eyes.

That same weekend I found out my Mother & Father in law have a very beautiful & mature Plumeria (stands approx 18 - 20 ft). I tried to figure out the flower name based on color & spicy scent I'm sold it looks like Fascination. So of course I decide to try my hand a rooting myself. I took 2 large cuts & 1 small. I made 5 total out of that & let them sit for 2 weeks in my garage to callous like I read & saw on Youtube. Living here in Florida and temps still in the high 80's I figured I had enough time to hopefully get them to root before our winter right??? (Ha what a joke winter in florida.... in total usually less than a month of chilly days spread out of 2 - 3ish months). I put them in pots (typical black plastic with a little rock/perlite,cacutus soil mix) & them gave enough water to see it drain through. Nothing much has happened in this last month. A couple of new leaves that do not really grow (just kind of there still). I did gain 2 more this last weekend. 1 fully rooted from EP & a tiny (8 inch) little white cutting that broke off a friends. I now have names for all of them at this point... not sure if that's normal.

1 Typhoon (Suebee) (BB&B)
1 Fascination 2 tip (Veronica)
1 Fascination middle v no tip (Woody)
2 Fascination 2 tip twins (Thelma & Louise) these 2 both had inflows when I cut them (I clipped the inflows and put in a vase they lasted a full moth of blooms)
1 Fascination 1 tip (Slim)
1 Puu Kehea 2 tip (Poo-kie) ****only one that has leaves (but they are sad at the moment) (EP)
1 White 1 tip little guy (Froto)


So to my questions.
Did I do wrong by attempting this so late in the season?
Every one tells me to leave them be. I am not so patient. But I have ever so gently checked the stems for softness & moved them maybe twice due to heavy rain & attempting to keep my Dogs away from them. Am I hurting my chances of them rooting by both touching & moving at all???
Also anyone else here in the Central Fl area when would you consider bringing them all inside for the winter or just allow them to acclimate and maybe cover during colder nights? What do you suggest covering them all with?
I have them all in my back yard (east facing) they currently are getting only morning sun since they are so close to the house, but I just put them there. There were in the full sun for most of the day, but after reading some of these post I figured since none have leaves best to only get am sun.

I feel like I already need a support group for my addiction. So I am now admitting. I have a Plumeria addiction. And I am not willing to give it up. I want more =)

I will upload pics later
for reading my personal mission to root

Well done for trying!! This late in the season the Plumeria are going dormant and they will likely just 'sit there'. Keep them DRY and frost free (yes, inside please) and they may surprise you by having some roots in early spring.

I figured they will remain just sticks until spring - just was not sure if I should go ahead & just bring them inside. Thanks for reading & responding. I'm afraid of moving them to much & harming a new little root.
So at this point no water at all for the winter? the soil is pretty dry at this point.
what about the 2 that are rooted? 1 has sad leaves - the other only tiny red fingers?

As Hetty said you should bring them inside. They need heat more than sun at this stage. Preferably bottomheat. Little to no water all winter. A careful move should not disturb small roots if there are any. You could stake them if you are worried about that. I move one gallon pots around all the time that are rooting.
A small amount of water on the ones with leaves is probably ok but not much and it is not really needed now. The general rule is no water until they have real leaves not just little claws.
Michael

Thank you, I brought them all in last night, they are all in my office now (warmest place in my house currently) No leaves no water... got it.
I will do my best to just be patient & try to forget about them until it starts to warm back up.

Yes, emddvm gave good advice. The plumeria will be dormant from about now until about February or March, depending on where you are. They can be barerooted during this period or just left in their pots, but no water until you see the tips start 'glistening' in the early spring, indicating cell activity.

Here is a picture to cheer you up until it's spring again!!

Update....
Froto rip I don't think there's any hope for the little guy.
Woody. After having to amputate 1 of the sides down due to rot. He finally seems to be showing signs of life. I now see 3 areas have broken through to reveal baby leaves just forming.
Also I added a new 3 tip white to help mend my broken heart. My wife named Edward (scissorhands). Just going to have to wait a few more weeks until spring

Ok its update time.... The ever so handsome woody is the first of the cuttings to show its spring time it won't be long and he'll be covered in beautiful leaves!

Well done
At this time of year it should all start to happen.