Great....Michelle received from Dianne!!! Everyone sent and everyone received. BRAVO! Well, that is a wrap on A TAXXXXING MONTH!! I see that all prizes have been received except for Vina and Jeanne (A game). Jeanne, I checked your tracking...you should receive by/on Thursday of this week. Vina and Jeanne, no need to post here when you receive...to difficult to get on here. Just email me so I know you have it in your hot little hands! Has been a pleasure ladies!! Tata, Annie

Glad to know so many of you have already received your seeds! I hate to have to admit to making a boneheaded mistake, but here it is. Shanta's return label somehow didn't make it on her package, so Saturday it arrived back at my house : ( Sent it back on its way yesterday, so hopefully she'll receive it soon. Sorry, Shanta! Jaynine, I believe August is supposed to be the color PURPLE, and should be hosted by Lindaruzicka. After that, I think you are on the schedule for the color BLACK in September. Does that sound right? Penny is doing an awesome job keeping track of it, so I'm sure she will send out a reminder to the host soon. Hope everyone is happy with their selection! Bonnie

Kate, Thank you! I've been working with Adenium for only 4 years now. The first year I made the mistake of using playground sand in my soil. I lost a few to rot. The next couple of years I used cactus mix with extra perlite and pebbles. It worked well. This year I mixed coco husk chunks with top soil and perlite. I'm always experimenting. I like this mix so far. This year was my first year ever to use coco husk. I had a horrible spider mite infestation this year for the first time. Now I'm wondering if they can hide in the fiberous husk? I have no idea and it may not even be related. But I think I've gotten rid of most of them. The roots are doing great when I've checked a few. This last month I ordered pumice stone. I made a few pots with top soil, perlite, and pumice. I think this will be a great mix. The only issue is that it's hard to find pumice. You have to order it and it can be a little pricey. I found a great company though: http://www.generalpumiceproducts.com/order-here/size-316-15lb-bag-garden-pumice 3/16" is perfect. It's a very light weight stone. Also, I live in a very humid and hot climate (Houston). So these mixes allow me to only have to water maybe once or twice a week. It drains very well but retains a slight amount of water to keep them happy.

Hello Everyone Has anyone an idea why this plant produces so many buds but never opens them up? They will fall off after a month or so and they can get very big. When i open them up after they fell off the plant they are brown within. Any sugestion what this plant needs? It has started to produce buds 4-5 years ago and never managed to open one bud. At first i bothered a lot. Right now i dosnt mind to much as i still think that „one day“ it will and the flower must be marvelous. But if someone has an idea, i dont mind to try.