That is very pretty, very pretty shades of yellow, plus I love the name.

GigiAdeniumPlumeria said: @almostdone so pretty

• Desert Rose (Adenium obesum subsp. multiflorum)
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• Desert Rose (Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum)
• Uploaded by Almostdone

Thank you so much.

Tony just took two pictures of my adenium I talked about. They are in my email. Anyone who wants to see them - message me your email address and I'll send them to you. (I'm very computer challenged.)

Now this red "arabicum hybrid" (fuzzy glossy green leaves) has a nicely textured flower. The petals are thick and velvety. Super deep red but fades light pink. No tag in the pot. I have 2 of these and a friend of mine had this too. This and Red Eagle are the closest to red rose in form and color:






Cherish Love has the same thick velvety feel and she is obesum. I almost lost her last winter. So glad she recovered.

katiebear said: Tony just took two pictures of my adenium I talked about. They are in my email. Anyone who wants to see them - message me your email address and I'll send them to you. (I'm very computer challenged.)

Sent you a tree mail Katie! Curious to see what type of adenium you have. Seems a really proliferous one.

I'd love to see it too, if it's ok that Gigi then posts it here for us all to see?

My email to Gigi didn't go through. If it does a post would be fine.

katiebear said: My email to Gigi didn't go through. If it does a post would be fine.

Not sure why, it is my only email address.

Hmm Katie, looks like I can receive treemail via email notification but I can't receive regular email. Very strange I will have to wait for my hubby or daughter to figure out what's wrong with my email.

GigiAdeniumPlumeria said: @purpleinopp still in suspense bud stage?

Hey, thanks for asking. : ) Yes, still in suspense. I don't think those buds are going to turn into blooms. They are still the same size.

The flowers are pretty for about 5 days per year. The seedlings have been super fun to sprout but at the rate they are growing, my son who is 19 might live long enough to see one of those bloom. Obviously I'm not doing whatever it is they want although hundreds of other plants are so happy. Or maybe they heard me saying I wanted them to stay small and took it a little too literally? Maybe they're insecure about so many other plants getting attention that they don't want to share? IDK. LOL!

Not sure I will be a long-term Adenium person. Some plants just don't like it @ my house, Adeniums wouldn't be the first on that list, if they end up there.

Gigi - You probably miswsing all sorts of important spam.

TIffany, they bloom much more than that. Even Gigi that's only 7 months old had the first flower open April 20th and still has 7 fully open with one more that will open in a couple more days. I'll get over a month of blooms from her from just one stem.

The older Lady Demure started blooming March 20th, and still has flowers on it today with several more branches with buds still forming.

We like to see others fully addicted to growing them!

katiebear said: Gigi - You probably miswsing all sorts of important spam.

I probably am! I have not checked my emails or emailed anyone in a long time. Hubby thinks my setting, not sure if there is any setting to tweak. But I tried to send you an email, hope you get it.

My neighbor loves my Adeniums so I gave her two of my big ones. I was laughing at myself because she pots her Adeniums in big pots, all potting soil and her Adeniums are huge and thriving. Here's an example:
She never pruned or do anything (and I'm itching to hand pollinate the blooms )


Here's the one I kept and pruned I think I need to repot in a bigger pot and stop pruning:

katiebear said: My email to Gigi didn't go through. If it does a post would be fine.

@katiebear! Your adenium is truly lovely! It makes a bouquet of blooms!





Hope you are able to propagate this! Looks like it is a big adenium!

You will have to click on the photo to see the better picture.

That is definitely a beauty! At first glance I thought it was one triple flower until I looked again.

Thank you both. I'm a proud mother!

We had a squall line come through yesterday afternoon, it started with some light sideways rain followed by about 15 minutes of sustained 50-60mph straight line winds. The plants on the deck lasted about 5 minutes before they started sliding into each other and tipping over.


Given the number of tipped over and blown around pots I'm surprised to report no damage beyond leaves and flowers coming off some of the plants. The wind also sucked the loose soil out of several of the pots.





I have a few plants with flowers that are missing a lot of soil, if I repot them will they drop all the remaining flowers? Should I just top them off with fresh soil and repot them when they're done blooming? Leave them alone until they finish flowering?

I think you're good .....and there is no need to top-off the potting mix now or latter

the wind lifted the Caudexes for you. Happy for you that you have no damage.

You have huge arabicums there!