Thanks everybody, I'll be watching them closely to see how they fare. As to how often albinos appear, I have no idea--this is my first experience with adenium seeds and out of roughly 120 to140 seeds sown--I can't remember how many exactly offhand--I got these two albinos. And the majority of my seeds are arabicums and Thai socos, only a handful--perhaps 15 or 20, are obesums. From what I've read, both here and on other adenium forums, they virtually all die because they have no green coloration and therefore cannot perform photosynthesis. I have seen albino seedlings grafted onto small branches of other adeniums, all with vee grafts--no flat grafts. These appear to be successful though I don't know the actual percentage. Lastly, here's a more overhead view of the KHZ albino that shows the three cotyledon leaves fused together as one--though it's not easy to see because they're so pale yellow and the camera flash kind of washes it out. Mike in MN

I'm glad to see your successfull graft. I guess one of the problems is the short stock. Try to use a 4-8 inch stock, then you will see much faster growth. Potting it in it's own pot would also be a good idea. Don't give up on the asterias though, it will still grow to 1-1.5 inch diameter the first year. Dan

I get my bare-root seedlings here,http://www.barthelemymaples.co.uk/download their catologue.I use(and they)the Senkaki seedlings but they're not available 'til mid Feb.The 6-12" didn't grow enough to be ready for summer grafting in my garden but maybe the taller ones would be.I do sometimes buy potted seedlings for summer grafting but they're not cheap at about ã2 each.

Yes, it is OK to open the humidity box. You can graft a seedling as young as you are comfortable working with. If it's your first time grafting I would wait until the seedlings are 3-4 weeks old or even older, they are larger and easier to handle at that point.