Hello Randy...what variety is that one please, it's a lovely rich colour? I do hope that someday one of mine will reward me with some flowers. They all grew well in the heatwave we had recently and are looking good, but that spell has been replaced by our usual summer weather all too soon...its been raining most days for 2 weeks or more now At least I can look at your pictures, and in the meantime, I live in hope!
The ever optimistic Gill from the UK.

Gill,

It's an old obesum hybrid called Daeng Taiwan.

randy

Randy,

uh, another hybrid on my wish list! That is a beautiful plant and perfectly staged. How many different hybrids do you have?

Gill,

I am waiting, too. So far none of my seed-grown Adeniums have flowered but no rush (still crossing my fingers, though).

Regards,

Martin

Randy, thanks for the reply, you certainly have some remarkable specimens and in combination with those pots, well what can I say?

Hello Martin, after reading that DR's can bloom at under a year I now realise that this would be under ideal conditions, something I definitely don't have over here! (especially at the moment) So, I'll just be content with keeping them alive. Hopefully, as they are now getting bigger/stronger they may be able to come through the winter this time round unscathed.
Here's a pic of my efforts so far. The 'big 5' are regular Ad. Obesums and to give some idea of scale they are in 3.5inch diameter pots. The 3 smaller ones maybe A. Obesums, A. Ob var. 'Noble Concubine' or even A. Ob var. 'Star of Luck'. However they are now 'NOIDS' as the labels all came off in the heat/humidity of the propagator! Will just have to wait for those elusive flowers I guess.
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Unfortunately, I am a total wimp when people say lift them up/expose the roots/tie the roots in knots/prune them drastically to within an inch of their lives...I just CAN'T do it to them. They have struggled to get this far, it would be like torturing them! If I could provide better conditions or have more plants to play with then possibly, maybe I would be brave enough, plus they mean a lot to me however ordinary they look. Had I not drowned at birth the others from the smaller batch, then I may have had more to experiment with, LOL!

Green and Martin....you guys have gorgeous Adeniums collections.
Martin I saw your Adeniums on another thread.
Green, do you sow Adenium seeds? If so, are they grafted?
I bought several packets of Adenium seeds from Thailand 2 yrs ago..One was supposed to have 'orange' flowers, but I was told there's no such Adenium.

Green, though I like all your adeniums, the first one on the table is incredible..its trunk is so thick. What do you do to keep leaves so green? Toni

Gill, your "Big 5" Adeniums are around the same size as my biggest homegrown Adenium hybrids. They are pretty tough, so pruning is definitely not going to kill them. However, in your case I would not suggest such drastic measures - they look fat and compact. You really did a nice job growing them.:-)

Keep us informed about the progress! Since the temperature dropped considerably around here, growth has been slow, almost stopped.

Regards,

Martin from rainy Denmark

Toni,

the only way to obtain a yellow-flowering Adenium is by buying a grafted plant. Offspring from yellow-flowering parents probably won't give yellow flowers. I think, this holds true for most cultivars.

Regards,

Martin

Martin,

I have about 30 named hybrids. Blooms are nice, but I prefer shape. Lots of the hybrids have crappy growth characteristics. Unfortunately too many breeders care little for anything but bloom.

randy

Randy,

30 hybrids? Impressive! I bet you have a large seed stock, then.;-)

Shape is my first priority - flowers just add something to the overall impression. Then again, I never experience long-lasting bloom periods, so I enjoy the few flowers even more.

Regards,

Martin

Hi Toni, I've grown them all from seeds and none are grafted. As for the green leaves, they are fed roughly every 2 weeks with whatever I have to hand. I have used tomato food and flowering houseplant food, both soluable. When they were re-potted I added some whiffy chicken poo pellets to the top of the compost. Lately my hubby has brewed a foul smelling liquid feed for his tomatoes etc made from comfrey leaves and I've also used this...anything would grow just to get away from the pong..ours is a very smelly greenhouse!
Martin, I'm pleased with the results so far so will let them do their own thing for a bit longer before any judicious tip pruning as I prefer the compact look as opposed to tall and leggy. Yes I will keep you up to date..wish their was a dedicated Adenium forum an here!! Our temps have dived also by some 10deg C. and growth on lots of things has halted.
Happy growing from Gill in an even more rainy UK!