PlantFiles Pictures: Adenium (Adenium boehmianum), 1 by clonec7

clonec7 wrote:
Everyone wants to know how old the plant is. This picture is actually an update of an earlier pic i sent, which states how old the plant is. I've had it for more than 15 years so I'm guess its 16-18 years old. Not all caudex will grow to like the one I have. Most grow like shrubs, but in order to get a bonsai shape you would have to obtain a specimen that started out as a bonsai from when it was young. Usually a seedling will grow an abstract caudex. A cutting will also grow a large caudex, but not as exotic as a seedling would. Here is a rear view of the plant.