I grow these from seed, they are against a brick wall that faces north and only lose a few leaves in winter. Love the different colours. ...Read MoreHervey Bay Australia.
I have had an Adenium Arabacum for about 2 years now. It seems to be doing pretty well but I have not yet seen a bloom on it yet. It stay...Read Mores inside most of the time, but always by a window. A while back I put a stake in the pot so it would grow a little more straight. When I take the stake out the plant will droop over a bit as the base of the plant is not very wide like a lot of them that I see in pictures. I've heard that a wider pot will create a thicker trunk. Today I transplanted it into a much larger & wider pot. Is this right? I really love this plant, mostly because I bought it when it was only a couple inches tall and now it it pretty close to 2 feet tall. I want to provide the best environment for this plant because I know that they are somewhat rare but I live in Kansas so due to fluctuating temperatures I pretty much leave it inside. Just looking for any advice anyone would have to provide the best habitat for this plant. Thank you.
I think all the Adeniums are tricky to maintain..and good growth for a few years can up and rot before you figure out why. Indoors..mealy...Read More magnets to the extreme. And yet,they are sensitive to pesticides. The best way to grow them without a greenhouse is outdoors spring to fall where spring is warm,and then indoors for the winter. Chances are a good watering in November will last all winter. I keep mine in winter in a warm room,by a window. Others say they can be stored dry and in the dark like Potatoes. I don't chance that!
Even outdoors in summer...they are attacked by some kind of very tiny black scale. About the size of a dot. They do bloom when young,and being seed grown they get a fat caudex long before any hybrids..
Over the years,its hard to get attached to any Adenium sp...they really can die off very fast after years of good care. Good luck!
Ordered one from Arid Lands Greenhouses in 07. He was little, but now has filled out his six inch clay pot. Under the drifting shade of o...Read Moreaks. Get watered when I am in that area. Goes into the garage in winter, looses his leaves. Bring him back out in the spring and leaves emerge.
Distinguished most by its outstanding caudex formation and relatively thick fleshy leaves, this is the most succulent and "desert like" s...Read Morepecies. Seeds are particularly large and give seedlings which rapidly form a nice hard caudex. The form of the plant varies and we have shown some interesting shapes of the plants here on this page.
Adenium arabicum's growth form is always squat and fat with a definite caudex without much differentiation between trunk and branches. The skin on the plant is also somewhat more colored in purple to dark brown. Flowers range from pink to reddish pink.
Adenium arabicums have many characteristics. The leaves are shiny on the upper and lower surface, unlike Adenium obesum. The flowers are pink to deep red. The caudex and stem's color is dark brown to black & consist of many branch internodes on branches, especially on the top.
The flower petals sparkles when sunlight shines on it.
Adenium arabicum is a true collectors item. Plants grown from seed produce the most amazing shapes of caudex and a plant that is 10 years old would sell for more than US$1000
This plant is similar in appearance to Adenium obesum, but has larger leaves. It is from Yemen, Africa, and is an extremely drought tole...Read Morerant plant. This one creates a massive caudex, too, and is very popular with 'fat plant' collectors.
I grow these from seed, they are against a brick wall that faces north and only lose a few leaves in winter. Love the different colours. ...Read More
I have had an Adenium Arabacum for about 2 years now. It seems to be doing pretty well but I have not yet seen a bloom on it yet. It stay...Read More
I think all the Adeniums are tricky to maintain..and good growth for a few years can up and rot before you figure out why. Indoors..mealy...Read More
Ordered one from Arid Lands Greenhouses in 07. He was little, but now has filled out his six inch clay pot. Under the drifting shade of o...Read More
Distinguished most by its outstanding caudex formation and relatively thick fleshy leaves, this is the most succulent and "desert like" s...Read More
This plant is similar in appearance to Adenium obesum, but has larger leaves. It is from Yemen, Africa, and is an extremely drought tole...Read More