I don't know what it is about that flower...it made me check out Durham Botanicals and get myself a plant lol Congratulations, Britt. I cant wait to see your other blooms. Pagan

So Adobowizzzy, I received my order today from Adeniumcenter, he gave me extra seeds which is a star in my book. I also bought some black RCN of the dwarf variety. Everything was neatly packed and labeled, paperwork in order. I'm not sure if you are mistyping or if spell check is being your worst enemy but the correct term is Adenium obesum. I am constantly battling with spell check in my posts, assuming this is the same for you ;) The answer to your grafting question is yes, they can be crossed for grafting between A. arabicum and A. obesum. Tracy

Update (germination percentage vs. storage) Monday afternoon this week, I planted 18 seeds (from my Adenium arabicum NOID X Adenium arabicum 'PNW' cross), which I harvested 7 months ago. Update today: So far, 15 of the 18 seeds have germinated, but I expect that the remaining 3 seeds will germinate. The majority germinated within 3-4 days. I think, that's a fairly good germination percentage after 7 months with the seeds stored in a small zipper back and left on the office table. I expected a much lower percentage! Oh btw, this a photo from back in August this year. Motherplant and offspring: ;-)

Hi Westes. Another deciding factor on my particular choice of mix may well be that all my adeniums are housebound, with an occasional holiday in the greenhouse so all water they receive is strictly controlled as opposed to them being subject to our copious UK rain....which by the way, a has fell almost every day, and most nights, during August. :-/ The plants live on my sunniest south facing windowsills and can dry out in a couple of days max. I've not had a case of root rot to date...crosses fingers tightly. I've never tried a completely inorganic mix though, so can't advise. I've yet to see pumice for sale over here, and no one would know what I'm on about if I asked them for Turface. No doubt hydroponic websites sell the expanded clay pebbles that I read about on here, but again, I've never ever come across a hydroponic store in the UK. The only expanded clay we get is a food grade type for use in 'blind baking' pastry! They're about 1 cm in diameter, so far too large. Bonsai shops are also non existent, but I faintly recall seeing tiny tubs of small clay pellets for bonsai mixes in a distant garden centre years ago. Coir products are rare and rice husk is not available. Kitty litter is available, obviously, but I've never tried it. The bags of perlite are a complete nightmare, well over half their contents are wasted due to them being too small or they've disintegrated even further into just plain old dust. I honestly detest the stuff. However, we have to use what we have available. Interesting that my UK horticultural gravel/alpine grit is referred to as 'river rock' over in the U.S......more proof that the great divide of the Atlantic Ocean influences lots of differences between our cultures/languages in many ways. All fascinating stuff :-) Gill