Plumerias

Don Ho slide show from YouTube

76 Foot Lei for Don Ho's Memorial Service

Tiny bubbles fitting end for Ho farewell

By Dan Nakaso
Advertiser Staff Writer

A 76-foot lei crafted earlier today is carried out to the Diamond Head Lawn at the Sheraton Waikiki. The lei adorned a canoe for the scattering of ashes during Don Ho's memorial service. ANDREW SHIMABUKU | The Honolulu Advertiser

Concert-goers blew tiny bubbles into the Waikiki night to conclude a tribute to Hawai'i entertainer Don Ho.

Honolulu police estimated the crowd at tonight's concert at 10,000 people — far less than the 25,000 that organizers had expected.

The concert ended with everyone singing "Hawai'i Pono'i," just after Ho's daughter, Hoku, sang her father's standard, "I'll Remember You."

"That was for daddy," Hoku Ho said. "I love you daddy

Click here to read the story from Honolulu Advertiser

May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii

May 1, 2007 09:49 PM PDT

By Mary Simms

WAIKIKI- (KHNL) May Day is Lei Day in Hawaii! In Waikiki, a big event marked the 80th anniversary of Honolulu's "Lei Day". It was complete with hula, musical performances, and of course a lei competition!

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Time Lapse Plumeria Flower Opening on YouTube

Current News

On the Plumeria World Radar:

California - South Coast Plumeria Society (next meeting April 1st, 2007, Grafting by Bret Morgan, 1:30 PM Murdy Park Community Center, Norma & Goldenwest Street, Huntington Beach California. 

Texas - Plumerias Society of America - May 15th, 2007, 7:30PM (workshops at 6:45PM), General Meeting in Houston Garden Center, 1500 Hermann Drive, Texas.

International Plumeria Conference 2006

The International Plumeria Conferenence Rocked!

Held in Galveston, Texas by the PSA July 8-13, 2006

By Janel McChen, Plumerias
Published July 22, 2006

The PSA (Plumeria Society of America) sponsored the first ever International Plumeria Conference (IPC) from July 8th to the 13th, 2006 in Galveston, Texas. Attendees came from around the world; Australia, Brazil, Thailand, Italy and of course from Hawaii to Florida across the United States.  What a wonder group of Plumerians! 

The speaker list covered a fantastic medley of plumeria topics; taxonomy and specicies classification, plants in Central America, yard tours, lei making, grafting presentation and demonstration, plumeria culture and social aspects, round table discussings, Thailand plumerias, DNA study results and alas..., a luau. 

IPC PHOTO SET   -  Grafting Presentation Power Point Photos by Luc Vannoorbeeck

VIDEO MONTAGE! : Quicktime 14 MB file (may take a minute) and Windows Media low res 4 MB file

AUDIO FEEDS :    IPC OPENING by PSA co-founder Nancy Ames
                               PLUMERIA SPECIES Part 1 & Part 2 by Dr. Richard Criley, University of Hawai'i
                               PLUMERIAS AROUND THE WORLD by Richard (Narad) Eggenberger

Frangifest II - March 24- April 1, 2007

Fangifest II - March 24 thru April 1, 2007

Frangifest II will be held in Singapore and Bali, Indonesia from March 24th through April 1, 2007. To keep the cost to attend Frangifest 2007 as low as possible, the fee will be "all inclusive", covering ALL hotel and transportation costs, including round trip airfare with Singapore Airlines, a top airline with connections worldwide. All meals will be included in the cost.

Accommodations in Bali will be at the Puri Santrian

Visit the International Association of Plumeria and Fangipani Society website for more details!

The Exotic Plumeria

A New Plumeria Hardcover is Out

The Exotic Plumeria, a pictorial, Vol. I, is expected to be available in Spring of 2006.  The first hardbound coffee table book ever printed that is devoted entirely to the plumeria. This will be the first in a series, displaying the plumeria in all of its glory. There will also be many interesting topics never before covered in a plumeria book. For more information please visit Exotic Plumeria.

Plumeria Tent Sale

PLUMERIA TENT SALE is over - till next summer

Daily till September 3rd on the cornor or Manchester and El Camino Real in Encinitas, Southern California

The Plumeria Farms Tent Event has ended.  See you next summer!

3615 Manchester Avenue, on the corner of Manchester and El Camino Real, at the running man statue and cactus lot across from the San Elijo Lagoon and Encinitas Country Day, just exit I-5 and head east, you'll see us on the right.