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Sep 1, 2012 12:23 PM CST
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Name: Jonna
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I've had a couple of seed pods on one of my adeniums for a month or more. I finally noticed yesterday that one side has opened and the seeds are beginning to fly off.

This is the whole pod



a close up, click for a good shot of the seeds



It's a noid dark rose, it blooms profusely though.

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Sep 1, 2012 12:52 PM CST

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Such great shots of the seeds emerging - I've taken the liberty of proposing the pictures for the database! Now go catch them Hilarious!
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Sep 1, 2012 3:52 PM CST
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Name: Jonna
Mérida, Yucatán, México (Zone 13a)
The WITWIT Badge Region: Mexico Garden Procrastinator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Ponds Tropicals
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Is there any chance that the blooms from the seeds would be different than the mother plant? If so, I would sprout a few of them but if not, I don't really have the room for more of the same plant.

Thank you for proposing them to the data base.
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Sep 1, 2012 6:37 PM CST

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Adeniums do not come true from seeds so yes, you could have some different blooms. The nice thing is too, Adenium seedlings can bloom really soon, like 6-8 months...
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Sep 4, 2012 12:03 PM CST
Name: Melissa E. Keyes
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That's true, they don't usually look like the parent, if you want a yellow or something. That looks like what I call a "Classic" Adenium, like those found in the wild, so the offspring will probably be close or the same. Is it a grafted plant?
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Sep 4, 2012 2:58 PM CST
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Name: Jonna
Mérida, Yucatán, México (Zone 13a)
The WITWIT Badge Region: Mexico Garden Procrastinator I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Ponds Tropicals
Enjoys or suffers hot summers Plumerias Plays in the sandbox Dog Lover Cat Lover
No, it's a natural not grafted. It's a pretty common color around here, I doubt it is anything special.
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