Bloomin Adeniums from this mornings coffee tour...

8 years ago

This is Blue Sparrow. I love this plant...the leaves are long and narrow with a blue grey coloring. The flowers are a bit small but the plant is loaded with buds. I am really looking forward to seeing this plant in a few years I think it is going to be a sight to behold.

Leb-mue nang I am not much into doubles. This is the first bloom I've ever seen from this plant. Meh...not too impressed I hope it gets better with age. You double and triple lovers might like this plant.

Unknown which I grafted on to a seedling years ago. I do a lot of grafting with conifers so I wanted to test my grafting abilities at that time with adeniums. It is much easier than grafting conifers.

Ake-mongkol blooms as of this morning. I would have to say this is one of my favorite plants for bloom color and length of bloom. The blooms here are a bit faded as they are weeks old. I will attach below another photo of a fresh flower.

Ake-mongkol in it's first week of bloom, the coloring is breath-taking.

Sorry, I could not help myself. This is my Adenium partner (Remmington - Remmy for short) just chillin.

Here is Remmy playing.

Hope you all have a wonderful rest of your weekend.

Tangula

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ladylotus
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8 years ago

Karen, Yes Ake-Mongkol sure is stunning. If you can get one do so as it is much prettier in person than I can possibly photograph.

Remmy is so precious and is babied beyond belief, he shares a pillow with me and has to be fed fresh food every morning even though he has food in his bowl...a little diva. LOL. I've had a LOT of cats and this one has had the best, loveable personality. He is a people person and has to be held all the time. lol.

Nicholas, what a shame. That is entirely not true they can still get their refund from the vendor. I had a friend that was a manager at Lowes and he told me that. Sad! I do agree with Rich that the part that is missing has produced roots so it would most likely grow from that point. Unless I fell in love with the flower...I'm not so sure I would spend that kind of money.

Marie, the bloom on Blue Sparrow changed so much today. It really is a beauty. I will add the photo below.

Blue Sparrow as of today:

This is Dark Jade. OMG I love it, I cannot seem to capture an accurate picture of the black, purple and bright red/pink coloring. As you can tell my favorites are the singles. Not sure why I think it might be the orderly nature of the flower rather than the messy look.

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rcharles_gw (Canada)
8 years ago
Ladylotus,

Very nice blooms. The "Blue Sparrow" is quite exquisite. Love the veining throughout the main color. Those grey/green, narrow leaves are one of my favorites.

The Leb-Mike nang, has a loose bloom which I have seen on some of Rinoa's. Very nice color though. I like doubles, triples, but a nice single bloom is so simple, yet complex at the same time.

Your Ake-Mongkol, is stunning. What a huge bloom. Can see why you enjoy this one.

Rick
addicted2plants Southern IL USA
8 years ago
Very nice show of flowers! Remmy is adorable.

The Blue Sparrow is my favorite of this bunch. Thanks for posting the Leb-mue nang, I have some seedlings of this cultivar that are 11 months old and haven't flowered yet. Hopefully they will look like yours.

Tracy
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Cynthia Curry Russo
8 years ago
Gorgeous! And Remmie too.
Nicholas C.
8 years ago
ladylotus, I was at Home Depot this morning and saw one just like the Ake-mongkol but it had 80% of it's caudex missing due to rot. I wanted to save it but I wasn't about to pay $8 for a 2 inch pot :( wish my Home Depot had clearance but they never do.
ladylotus
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8 years ago
Thanks for the compliments everyone.

Nicholas, could you pick that one up and graft the stems on to some of your seedlings? My Ake-Mongkol is truly gorgeous in the person. The flowers are HUGE. I would say they are about the size of tennis balls. The plant is also a profuse bloomer. Well worth it if that is the plant it is. Can you ask the manager if they would give a discount?

I wish we had a Home Depot. Yesterday I ran thru all our Walmarts, Lowes etc on errands and while there I always check the plant section. I have not seen adeniums all year long. It is probably a good thing as at the rate I am acquiring plants/seeds I need my head examined.
plantmanagerkaren
8 years ago
Love that Ake-mongkol! I only have one Adenium at the moment, but I have a feeling by this time next year I'll be catching up to all of you! They are such wonderful plants and so showy! I'm happy to know they are so forgiving and easy to care for, (unless you have hundreds of them!)

I'd love to be able to pet Remmy. He's a beauty!
Nicholas C.
8 years ago
ladylotus, I returned to Home Depot to try to talk them down on the price and they refused stating that they'd rather let it die and get the discount back from the vendor than discount it for a customer.

Here is the flower and caudex
Flower is not the same now that I look at it, this one is more of a star shape with a bit of purple on the edges.

Picture angle doesn't show it well but it's missing about 80% of it's caudex at this point, not really sure how it's even supporting itself.
rcharles_gw (Canada)
8 years ago
Nicholas, That"s to bad. It is a nice bloom and it almost looks like the broken/severed caudex is producing roots, possibly. Would have been worth trying air layering it, if they had let you have it.

You know, more than likely they will not return it for anything. Not to many large box stores would take the time or paper work to do so. Someone there may have wanted it, when it met it's demise.

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Marie Tran
8 years ago
Ladylotus, wow the first bloom is very pretty, very unique. Second and third are also pretty. I like them all.

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Nicholas C.
8 years ago
That last one is stunning. Wish adenium worked as cut flowers.
kukkalasatishkumar
8 years ago
thanks for the pics good collection
kodom087 z9a
8 years ago
Really love your Blue Sparrow. Sounds like the flowers are the same size as my Cielo. Also love your Leb-mue nang.I'd love to get my hands on one of those as well as that Dark Jade! OMG! That one looks spectacular!

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printmaster1 (DFW TX)
8 years ago
Great pics of beautiful blooms!!!
Dain (Zone 5a, high NM Desert)
8 years ago
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I'll echo your sentiment over singles. I'd take a single that's brightly or intricately colored over a multi any day of the week.

Oh, and a tip for photographing colors. Reflected/diffused light is much better at helping to record accurate colors than is direct light.
ladylotus
Original Author
8 years ago
Thank you all for your kind comments.

Dain, I need a LOT of help with my photography skills. ha ha. I tried taking photos in shade, partial sunlight etc. I just had some trouble getting clear, accurate colored photos. But I will definitely try to figure out a better area I can stage them for photographs.
ladylotus
Original Author
8 years ago
My six year old seedling bloomed again.

This is Lady Flame from Rinoa...but it does not look like her photo. Perhaps I need to let a few more open.
ladylotus
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8 years ago
I just went to her catalog and this is definitely not Lady Flame. BUMMER.
Pagan
8 years ago
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Now, how did I manage to miss this glorious exhibit? LL, you have a lot of red things! I don't know what Lady Flame looks like but whatever that one is, I like it a lot.

Pagan

May I share Hodor? Then, may I borrow Remmie? lol

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