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Cancun Pink

Colors
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Description

From C-Stars. Originally purchased at a flea market near Miami, imported by a dealer in Alamos, Texas, with origin in Mexico. 3" pink and yellow flowers with nice sweet cinnamon fragrance. A rather tall, spreading tree. Very strong grower that gets tall. Blooms easily, though with poor keeping quality. Pink fades to white in a couple of days. Grows long branches but blooms on almost every tip. Fairly fast grower in the ground. Cold tolerant. Can bloom on new tips. Sets seed.

Appearance

Pink and yellow. 3-3.5" flowers. Delicate texture. Light pink that fades to white. Pointed leaf tips.

Bloom

Flowers easily. Blooms on almost every tip. Blooms all season long.

Fragrance

Nice sweet cinnamon fragrance. Mild sweet fragrance. Light sweet baby powder scent. Almost spicy (at times) baby powder scent. Fruity fragrance. Bubble gum scent.

Growth & Foliage

Tall, spreading tree. Very strong grower. Fairly fast grower. Grows long branches.

Cultivation Tips

Cold tolerant. Seedlings are good grafting stock. Some days fragrance is strong, other days weak.

Provenance

Mexico, originally imported via Alamos, Texas dealer

Also Known As

PlayfulakaMexican PinkakaPeggy HigdonakaHigdon PinkakaPeggy's PinkakaAnnabellakaBrownsville Pinkakapossibly Poipu Pinkaka

Details

Growth Habit
tall
Species
P. rubra
Sets Seed
No
Size (in)
3.5
Fragrance Strength
sweet cinnamon, pleasant citru
Anecdotal Notes
Diana

From C-Stars. 3" pink and yellow, nice sweet cinnamon fragrance. A rather tall, spreading tree. Nice looking pink, 3” with very pleasant citrus fragrance. Very strong grower and gets tall. The blooms become the size of your hand and bloom all season. For a while, C-Stars Wholesale Nursery in Southern California, a major distributor of plumerias to commercial businesses and nurseries, sold 'Cancun Pink' under the name 'Playful' but has since changed the name. Flowers easily, but poor keeping quality. Sweet fragrance and 3 1/2”. Mild sweet fragrance. Leaf tips are pointed. Delicate texture. Pink fades to white in a couple of days. Light sweet baby powder scent. Easy to root. Bubble gum scent. Fruity fragrance. Grows long branches, but blooms on almost every tip. Fairly fast grower in the ground, cold tolerant. Seedlings are good grafting stock. As each pedicle grows it grows another layer, developing penducle gets an average of 10 flowers on that layer, there are about 10 layers on each arm, and each inflo has about 8 arms... prob. more than 4000. Cancun Pink was a cutting purchased many years ago at a flea market near Miami. Its origin was in Mexico and it was imported by a dealer in Alamos, Texas. Carol and Luc had recently traveled to the Yucatan and we named it Cancun Pink (may be another CP lurking here ...dd). The other cutting gave us yellow flowers, we named it Cozumel Yellow. Both are good performers under our Florida conditions. Some days it has a strong scent, other days it doesn't. Almost spicy (at times) baby powder scent. Can bloom on new tips. Red center and reddish magenta the first day. Then the petals bleach out to that washed out grainy pink. Sets lots of seed.

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Quick Facts

Size3.5"
Fragrancesweet cinnamon, pleasant citru
Colors4
Aliases8