Thank you Tracy and Nicholas.

i found a new Adenium enthusiast yesterday. Went with hubby to the VA clinic. He complained to his doc about my adeniums, and she lit up like a light bulb. She asked me to order her some seeds, and offered to share some succulents in exchange for some of my babies.

So I was back on eBay yesterday plotting some more mayhem of the Adenium type. What color to order? I'll have to call doc and see what she might like. So many to choose from. Waiting to see how well these germinate before I decide to order again.

Good for you Cynthia. It is nice to find someone close by that shares in the same passion. It's like finding someone that speaks the same language.

"Adenium"

So happy for you.

Rick

Speaking the same language … I'll 'volunteer' this … you hear about the LUNACY at Tennesee (univ) … don't use gender targeting pronouns like 'her' and 'him'.

Instead of 'he' use 'ze'. Let's promote gender inclusivity ...

for a taste of the 'anti' nouns, click right herey

Idiocracy at its best Dave.

A quick update on the Pachypodium saundersii germination. This morning I counted 8 of them are up. I can see spots in the media where others are coming up too. All hail the Thick-footed God, he is smiling!

Tracy

That's wonderful Tracy. Hope to see a tray full of P. saundersii soon :)

The count has doubled today...

Photo update: We've got Pachy seedlings! So far 65% have germinated with more likely to follow. Looking positive!

Tracy

Nice

Today I planted the Schizobasis intricata seeds.

This is getting exciting!

Oh yeah:

My last batch of seeds for this season, I swear!

I'm hoping that you didn't swear on a Bible...

Well, I am so disappointed that my last batch of seeds has not germinated after 12 days. Not even one. I'll give it a few more days then I'll be contacting the vendor. I got a couple of batched from Amazon that didn't germinate, I could return those. The other batches have sprouted about 40-80 %. A couple of different vendors. And usually I get the first seedlings after 3-4 days, a handful after more than three weeks.

I just counted, I have 66 nice seedlings from several batches. I've given away several seedlings and some seeds to friends.

That is disappointing, Cynthia. You can really tell when you get fresh seeds.. They will start heaving the soil within 3-4 days. When it comes to buying seeds. It is not worth getting them from other than reliable resources. Finding them, when just starting is the dilemma for people. It takes the same amount of time and relatively the same cost to buy old or seed sold as a particular variant and not it at all.

I hope the others prove viable for you.

Rick

Sorry to hear that Cindi. Out of 100 seeds and none germinated? I would definitely contact the seller. I've had this occur on Ebay before and the seller refunded my money. However, when buying from online retailers it is important to read their policies. When I went to contact rarexoticseeds.com because their seeds germinated poorly, they have a policy where they do not guarantee any germination at all.

Also make sure you are putting these details in their feedback so others can be made aware.

Tracy

Photo update. This tray is ready to go under the big lights.

I am buying all my future seeds from sources mentioned on this forum as they seem to be from good.stock.and trusted sellers, the first batch was posted a couple of days ago from Adenium centre, but will also try, Ko, Kesorn and rinoa too :)

My Ko seeds did well, as did another vendor on EBay.

today i put down seeds for:

Super Star of tomorrow

Arabicum Desert Night Fork

and, Arabicum Dwarf Black Knight

photos borrowed from vendors' Ebay descriptions, NO PROFIT FROM USAGE INTENDED

Last Batch? No way. No mocking of Tracy intended...

PS … Could not believe how large the Desert Night Fork seeds were ….

dave

Very nice choices Dave. Love the color on that Super Star. You will love the Desert Night Forks, I've grown 2 batches of these and they get very fat while remaining compact! Will be interesting to compare your Dwarf Black Knight with some of my black arabicum crosses that were recently sown.

Tracy

Oh I have that Super Star thing, Dave. I just got the grafted plant from Rinoa.

Tracy, that pachypodium forest you are starting is definitely on my radar. Don't get tired of taking pictures, you'll be happy you did in five years.

Pagan

This batch just keeps on germinating! This morning I checked and there are more coming up. Every time I plan to take the lid off another one springs up. So far I have 25 Pachy babies. There was one that didn't make it so we are now at 65% germination.

Tracy

Wonderful news

Great, Tracy. Love those Pachy seedlings.

Rick

Took the lid off tonight, now I need them to stop germinating. The strangest thing is that there is a huge gap in the center of the tray where none came up. Nothing worse than wasted space beneath the lights! However I really don't want to repot them this young. What to do.

My seeds from Pagan's Schizobasis intricata have germinated. I think there were about 7 or 8 sown, upon first glance there was one baby onion!They are not very easy to spot, they look like lime green dots. I put them in the red room and after 2 days I am now seeding 4 tiny onion babies! Woot!

Tracy

OMG Tracy they look so adorable. I will have to go out and look what a full grown plant looks like.

Hey I missed this update. Congrats, Trace. Onions all around!

Don't buy a plant, Tangula. Mine is probably going to start blooming again soon, you can have the seeds. It will be, you know, your famous last seeds for the year.

Pagan

*snicker* reminds me of my daughter the first time we gave her shredded wheat cereal.

"daddy, there's hair in my cereal"

*30 years ago*

Red rum! That's how my brain registers red room.

I've yet to see a wheat field in person! This is in my list now.

P

keerful, tracy has plastic on the floor of her red rum red room … to 'ketch the splitters' ...

That's not even a little bit Dexter too. Lol

Schizobasis intricata Is a very interesting plant. I had to look it up. Maybe next spring......

Did someone mention Dexter? I was a huge fan until the very last episode....

Yes the little onions like the red room, although I have to take them into the natural light in order to actually seem them. It will be interesting to watch them mature.

Tracy

Yes Pagan I forgot to update you on the Schizobasis intricata (onion babies), 4 of them! There was a 5th along the edge that I tried to add some media to coax it into the pot. It hasn't resurfaced yet but it could. I am checking them every couple of days, they are SO tiny!

My Pachypodium adventure is still producing mixed results. However this time I bought seeds from a seller that stands behind their product! I ordered 5 species of Pachys from Cartbarnpro (Kevin Spiers) on eBay. Of those 5 types only the Pachypodium Lamerii germinated successfully. I contacted the seller and is sending me some new seeds for those that didn't germinate.

Tracy

The original photo in my post produced a single P. saundersii. About a week later I was able to get a single P. lamerii to germinate. The batches since then have been better. Here is a photo of the two plants mentioned, 8 weeks old.

Tracy

Pagan, I would be THRILLED to trade seeds with you.

Update on the Schizobasis intricata (onion babies!) which were sown about 4 weeks ago. They are so tiny but fun to observe. They each have grown what looks like a comet's tail and it is freaking adorable.

Tracy

Photo update on the Pachy seedlings...

Tracy

I like!

I wonder if it can be kept that wee. I had the one below, rescued from Lowe's where it was wilting on a tray of water (wtf was up with that anyway. Why do they do that?!). But it died in the shop last winter, one of my failed experiments.

These get pretty big though so I decided not to grow them anymore. Oh and minimum temp is -10C. Last January we were doing -20C. I'm clearly a moron.

Cool looking plant Pagan, RIP. This P. lamerii is the largest and oldest, I have some smaller seedlings but they aren't as showy. I love how the P. saundersii seedlings are starting to look bulky and muscular. I managed to successfully germinate a single P. horombense that I will try to get a photo of here soon. I am also determined to germinate at least 1 P. brevicaule before my Pachy adventure is complete, though I don't know where I am going to germinate more seeds as the bus is full.

Tracy

Tracy, your pachys are beginning to take form. Nice! :-) I would repot them soon. Mine began growing rapidly after overpotting them.

Tracy, that's a neat one. :-)

Thanks! I will do a picture lineup of more of them once they regrow some leaves. Many of them dropped them and are looking a bit bare at the moment.

Bob I will let you know if I see any P. decaryi, none of my sources carry them.

How are the pachys.. I just love watching your sowing adventures and everything about everyone's collections, thanks for that..will be looking to buy some of these seeds

I have a question for a pachy pro... I've been keeping a P.saundersii that is growing beautifully, and have germinated multiple P.lamerei... however, in trying to germinate P.geayi and P.rosulatum, I'm having the worst time! I've tried miracle grow cactus mix 50/50 with perlite, and a vermiculite/perlite 50/50 mix. Both with zero germination. They're surface sown, under fluorescents, at 70F. They keep developing fungus, but seriously NONE of my others have, and I am raising multiple succulents, adeniums, and deinostigma in the same setup. Any advice? I want to find out what I'm doing wrong. I hate killing seeds.

Thanks,

Jennie

Not a pro but I germinated p. Rosulatum, , lamarei, horombense, and densiflorum just fine in mg/perlite. Maybe your seeds aren't fresh?