That is bad news Kadie. I hop you can get rid of them soon. I hate bugs that eat my plants and roots. That is why i hate fungus gnats.

That's scary looking Kadie.

Came across this image recently.

that is just funny. I sure would not like to see that beast in my plants.

Adeniumgirl said: that is just funny. I sure would not like to see that beast in my plants.

I hope you can get rid of them, KD.

Someone had posted on another website that adeniums had male and female flowers. That threw me for a loop because so far as I knew, the male and female parts were in the same flower! So I asked a friend to enlighten me on this matter. Here is his response:

Hi, Kadie! As it happens, Adeniums are neither monoecious nor dioecious. Monoecious plants, such as corn, have separate male and female flowers on the same plant. Dioecious plants, such as holly, have separate male plants and female plants. Adenium flowers are perfect, meaning both male and female reproductive parts are contained within the same flower.
Images can be found here: https://adeniumlove.wordpress.... along with instructions for manually pollinating.your Adeniums.

I'd also like to take a moment and address the term "self-pollinating". This term is generally used to indicate a plant type either will or will not readily produce seed without outside intervention. But I think it is important to note that just because a plant does not self-pollinate does not necessarily mean it cannot produce viable seed from pollen from the same plant. Most plant types will accept their own pollen and produce fully viable seed, but there are those that will not. I can't think of an immediate example, but there are plants that require the pollen donor to be genetically distinct.

So in that sense, although Adeniums do not auto self-pollinate, they can be manually self-pollinated.

I hope this has enlightened others as well.

@rattlebox
Thank you for providing the above information.

KD

Thanks for posting Kadie.

So are you guys saying when you plant fresh seeds from the mother plant they can have all different colors ? Is they're a way to tell while there seedling what the possible color would be? My mother plant is pink

Adeniums do not come true from seed. Pink is the most prevalent color. With all the hybridizing that has been done over many years, the likelyhood is greater to receive something close to pod/pollen parents.
The likelyhood of receiving a seedling which produces a yellow or dark purple from Pink pod or pollen parents is probably non existent.
For the best percentages, it is worth purchasing from sellers of good hybridizing practices and proven results.
Some will say that if the color of the seedlings skin is green, then good possibilities of a white bloom and if reddish, then a darker color bloom.
This all becomes quite washed out when we factor in the number of lighter colors and then the dark colors.
I find it easier to not assume or hope for anything other than good growth and for it to bloom. If in fact it is something different or alike, this is good.

Rick

Well said. I love surprises. Next year I will feed my DRs regularly for more blooms. I only had a couple that bloomed this year. I was a bad plant mommy, as I was away from home quite frequently. They were mostly on their own and survived by the grace of God. Fortunately, we get lots of rain here and I have fast draining soil. But, they need food in order to bloom.

I hope I get some surprise colors

Last May when I did a couple hundred up-pottings, I incorporated granular fertilizer into the media. Then mistakenly, I over-fertilized with liquid fertilizer twice. Result: Energy for production of flowers went into hoarding of water in caudex and succulent roots, and lush growth and elongation of stems. I was pleased with the fattening caudexes, but I had to prune back the elongated stems which delayed flower production.

Then came the hot, wet season. I withheld fertilizer for 3 months. Result: Smaller flowers as compared to the first flushes earlier in the year.

I have lots of babies coming along and have learned from my earlier experiences. Hope to be a better adenium mommy this year!

@Rainbow. It's all a learning curve for all of us, but it helps when you share your experiences. I had forgotten I had granular fertilizer in mine. I've done the same thing, so now I'm wiser.

I guess we all learn the hard way sometimes. Everyone can make mistakes. Most of the time we learn from it.

At the time I had read that using orchid fertilizer will boost blooming. Well, the water soluble fertilizer I have works well for my dendrobium, but later realized that it had too high an N ratio which caused the lush growth on my adeniums. Since then I have come across different brands of orchid fertilizers with different NPK ratios.

Just remember, no high Nitrogen ratios in any of the fertilizers, with the exception of fish emulsion/seaweed fertilizer. The N on this one has to do with the "chemistry" between the media and the roots...the N is somehow slow-released or slow-acting.

So I better remember that. No fert with a high N ratio.

tarev said:Good Tidings to you KD! Just catching up on the threads..love all the active growth on all your babies there.

@tarev
Hi Tarev, good tidings to you too! Thank you for your kind compliment. I copied your greetings from my "Chronicle" thread and placed it here.

We are currently on the subject of fertilizing adeniums. Please do join us in this discussion and tell what and how you fertilize your adeniums. Or if you would like to move on to another subject regards adeniums, please feel free to do the transition. Your input is always appreciated.

Hi KD, glad to be back I am not really good fertilizing my Adeniums, I only do it once when I see them waking up from slumber..usually just a few osmocote around. But I do amend the soil with some compost.

Right now my Adenium is not really fully asleep, it is a bit late dropping the leaves, but it is also trying to make some blooms. Just different year to year ..one time it is all leaves gone, and I think I have to do some alcohol swabs again later..seeing some white spots on the leaves.

But winter time is not too hectic for this plant, I know it is in some form of dormancy. Just got to be patient and wait for more active growth when temps and sunlight gets better.