Scion
Propagation and reproduction
Definition: The portion of a plant or cultivar that is grafted onto a separate rootstock, consisting of a piece of shoot with dormant buds that will produce the stem and branches.
How it applies to plumeria: Scion can relate to cuttings, rooting, grafting, seed pods, seedlings, or pollination. These details help explain how a plumeria is reproduced and whether a plant is a clone, a seedling, or a grafted plant.
What to look for: Record whether the observation came from a cutting, grafted plant, seedling, pod parent, or pollen parent. Propagation notes are useful, but they should be kept separate from visual identification traits.
Identification note: This term is one clue. A plumeria should be compared using all available traits, photos, source history, and growing context rather than a single characteristic.
- What the Difference Between Cutting, Rooted and Grafted Plumeria
- Glossary: GraftGraft: The placement of a scion (part of a branch containing buds) onto a growing root stock to produce a plant of a known variety. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.
- Glossary: Bud unionBud union: The suture line where a bud or scion was grafted to a stock. Sometimes called a graft union. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.
- Glossary: BuddingBudding: A method of asexual plant propagation that unites one bud (attached to a small piece of bark) from the scion to the rootstock. Plumeria context is explained on the term page.