Experts don’t know why plants crest.
Some think the plant contracts a virus which is not harmful to the plant itself,
but shows outwardly in a crested appearance.
Others feel that cresting occurs when the plant is grown under an unfavorable condition.

Whatever the reason for cresting, it certainly creates an interesting plant.
The photo above is a newly planted cutting tip from a larger, crested plumeria.
Notice that it has more than 8 tips. Imagine all these tips producing an inflo at once, then flowring!

Here is another photo of a cresting plumeria.
On the right, it has over 5 branches and looks like it is also cresting on the left.

Another group of cresting plumeria. Each cresting in its own way.

We will keep watching this subject and add any information we come across from growers and garden experts.
If you have personal photos of your crested plumeria, email them to us and we’ll post them within this web page.

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