The Dean Conklin Plumeria Grove is named in honor of the late Mr. Dean Conklin, an employee of the City and County of Honolulu, Parks and Recreation Department. The collection is located in Koko Crater on the island of Oahu, Hawaii. It is owned and managed by the City and County of Honolulu, Parks and Recreation Department.
By plumeria enthusiasts, known simply as Koko Crater, it is somewhat difficult to locate. Though once you’ve been there, you’ll never forget the path or the collection.
Follow these simple steps:
- Drive past Diamond Head on Kalaniana’ole Highway
- Continue past Hawaii Kai and Hanauma Bay
- Slow down as you pass the surfer area called Sandy Beach
- Take the first major left turn after Sandy Beach, Kealahou Street
- Drive through a part of the Hawaii Kai residential area and Golf Course
- Watch for an obscure left turn, to Koko Crater Stables and Botanic Gardens (the road and surroundings look aweful)
- Follow the narrow road till it ends at the Plumeria Grove and stables.
There are hunderds of plumeria trees in the grove. They begin with the whites and miscelaneous, then the pinks, rainbows, yellows, and finally the reds. Many of these trees are large enough to climb, though we DO NOT recommend that you do, since you can get hurt or even worse damage a world class specimen plant. Many of the plumeria in this grove are rare if not unknown elsewhere.
Most of the trees are only taged with an acquisition number, with no indication of a cultivar or variety name to be found. The following list relates acquisition number to cultivar name as well as we can determine. Unnamed varieties are simply noted as to color. We make no guarantees. Many plants have the same number, we list only those with duplicate numbers and different flowers. Many plants are untaged, we don’t list these at all. When we list ‘cultivar’ type, it means, in our opinion, it may or may not be the named cultivar, but bears striking similarity. Documented by John Murry in 1996.
- 870994 ‘Cyndi Moragne’ (one is ‘Cyndi’ another is ‘Jeannie’ Moragne)
- 870994 ‘Jeannie Moragne’ (one is ‘Jeannie’ another is ‘Cyndi’ Moragne)
- 930008 ‘Singapore’
- 930180 ‘Irma Bryan’
- 930181 ‘Hilo Beauty’
- 930182 ‘Dean Conklin’
- 930183 ‘Kaneohe Sunburst’
- 930184 ‘Madame Poni’
- 930185 ‘Cerise’ type
- 930186 ‘Cerise’ type
- 930187 ‘Cerise’ type
- 930188 ‘Cerise’ type
- 930189 Moragne rainbow (not ‘Katie Moragne’)
- 930190 ‘J.L. Trumpet’
- 930191 ‘Kauka Wilder’
- 930192 ‘Lei Rainbow’
- 930193 ‘Julie Moragne’ (incorrect label says ‘Puu Kahea’)
- 930193 ‘Puu Kahea’ (look for ‘Julie Moragne’ white w/red stripe on back)
- 930194 yellow
- 930195 reflexed pink and white (Moragne?)
- 930196 yellow
- 930197 ‘Sally Moragne’
- 930198 Moragne rainbow (not ‘Sally Moragne’)
- 930199 rainbow
- 930200 ‘Bill Moragne, Sr.’
- 930201 Moragne rainbow
- 930203 ‘Jean Moragne’
- 930204 ‘Edi Moragne’? (four distinctly different plants have this same number)
- 930205 ‘Intense Rainbow’
- 930206 pink
- 930207 ‘Katie Moragne’
- 930208 ‘Cyndi Moragne’
- 930209 indeterminate
- 930211 ‘Tomlinson’
- 930211 duplicate (not ‘Tomlinson’, possible ‘Mela Matson’)
- 930212 ‘Plastic Pink’
- 930213 pink
- 930214 yellow
- 930215 indeterminate
- 930216 reflexed white
- 930217 pink and white
- 930218 white, pink bottom stripe
- 930219 indeterminate
- 930219 white and pink
- 930220 pink Moragne
- 930221 ‘Grove Farm’
- 930223 ‘Ruffels’
- 930224 yellow
- 930225 yellow Moragne
- 930226 ‘Scott Pratt’
- 930227 ‘Cerise’ type
- 930228 pink and white
- 930229 ‘Gold’ (one is ‘Gold’ the other is ‘Hiedi’)
- 930229 ‘Hiedi’ (one is ‘Hiedi’ the other is ‘Gold’)
- 930230 ‘Paul Weissich’
- 930230 yellow (‘Paul Weissich’?)
- 930231 pink
- 930232 ‘White Shell’
- 930233 yellow
- 930234 pink
- 930236 ‘Celadine’ type
- 930237 rainbow
- 930240 pale yellow same as 940035?
- 930241 white Moragne
- 930242 white and yellow Moragne
- 930243 pale pink
- 930245 ‘Celadine’ type (another is pink and white)
- 930245 pink and white (another is ‘Celadine’ type)
- 930246 ‘Maui Beauty’
- 930246 pink
- 930247 ‘Celadine’ type (two different with same number)
- 930247 large cream (two different with same number)
- 930248 pink
- 930249 ‘Daisy Wilcox’
- 930250 giant pink
- 940023 pink
- 940027 indeterminate
- 940028 indeterminate possible ‘Sally Moragne’
- 940029 pinkish Moragne
- 940030 giant white
- 940030 rainbow
- 940031 pink and white
- 940032 Moragne rainbow (same as 940039)
- 940034 pink and white
- 940035 pale yellow same as 930240?
- 940037 pink and white
- 940039 Moragne rainbow (same as 940032)
- 940200 white
- 940238 ‘Jeannie Moragne’
- 940240 pink and white