The Florida Colors family atlas
Originals.
Parents. Offspring.
A cultivar is more than a name. Documented parent plants and seedling families show how selected genetics moved through the Florida Colors collection and became new introductions.
Documented family lines
Eight beginnings. Many stories in bloom.
Abigail
Parent cultivarAztec Gold
Parent cultivarMaui Beauty
Parent cultivarPink Pansy
Parent cultivarDuke
Parent cultivarMarion B
Parent cultivarDonna S
Parent cultivarMiami Rose
Parent cultivarOriginals and their descendants
Florida Colors cultivar families
The history of Florida Colors Nursery can be read through its cultivars. Some were early originals, some became influential parents, and others carried their traits into new generations. These documented families show how a single parent plant can shape years of selection and naming.
Early Florida Colors originals
The earliest documented Florida Colors cultivars include Mareno’s Rainbow, Sondra B, Abigail, Pink Ruffles, Brittney, Donna S, Dan Leidke, Jeanette, Luc’s Magnum Opus, Luc’s Gold Cup, and other selections associated with the first decades of the plumeria program.
Abigail family
Parent: Abigail, a Maui Beauty seedling named for Luc’s great-niece.
Documented offspring: Abby’s Ruby, Brittney, Jeanette, Jordan, and Katrina.
Aztec Gold family
Parent: Aztec Gold.
Documented offspring: Elza, Hot Embers, Luc’s Gold Cup, Mareno’s Rainbow, Naples Sixteen, and Tex Huestis.
Donna S family
Parent: Donna S, a seedling found in the yard of family friend Donna Schneider.
Documented offspring: Marengo and Peppermint Twist.
Duke family
Parent: Duke.
Documented offspring: Christopher, Dorothy Lucille, Ethel Johnson, and Nancy Ames.
Marion B family
Parent: Marion B, a Pink Pansy seedling.
Documented offspring: Almaviva, Carnaval, Nebula, Normie, Paul Newman, Princess Emma, and Vanessa Do Brazil.
Maui Beauty family
Parent: Maui Beauty.
Documented offspring: Abigail, Gladys O’Neal, Henriette, Islamorada, Lillywarmtoes, Merrill O’Neal, and Pink Ruffles.
Miami Rose family
Parent: Miami Rose.
Documented offspring: Capriccio and Sondra B.
Pink Pansy family
Parent: Pink Pansy.
Documented offspring: Anna S, Christina B, Luc’s Magnum Opus, Marion B, and Sophie.
Why these relationships matter
Parentage helps growers and collectors understand how flower color, form, fragrance, growth habit, and other traits may move through a cultivar line. It also preserves the hybridizing decisions and plant material that shaped the Florida Colors collection.
This section will continue to grow as historical records, registrations, photographs, and parentage details are reviewed. Cultivar identity and lineage should be confirmed against the nursery archive and Plumeria Database before new relationships are added.