P. pudica v

'La Florida' It has a mild fragrance, but is as vigorous as P. pudica. Growing at the old bus stop entrance to the original Parrot Jungle, now Pinecrest Gardens, near Miami. The leaf margins are very undulate and give the impression of being narrow close to the stem but those are not nearly as lobed at the tips. The leaves are broadly oblanceolate. This shrub is about 10 feet tall. This species is lightly fragrant, not buttery like a Plumeria at all. It looks to be a lot more resistant to disease like P. pudica. All parts of the unknown plant ("Florida") are larger than P. pudica, the inflorescence stalk is much thicker and larger and the flowers are much denser in the cluster but individual flowers are of the same size. The unknown is fragrant whereas P. pudica is not. Both of these have the same rubbery consistency and gloss. But where did it get the ruffles (I had to pin down the left hand leaf as it tended to fold in half) and scent? ‘La Florida’ is another seedling of Florida Colors Nursery, which is a P. pudica seedling and which has an unknown pollen donor; however, the color of the flower indicates that it may have crossed with P. rubra. Nice blooms with a yellow green center.