Souf, I have no way to contact you, so I hope you see the above. Smokymist, thank you! They're not so happy right now, though. :-( They were doing great for months in the grow tent for winter, and then I was stupid enough to introduce a plant from a local nursery into the grow tent with them. BAD CHOICE. The nursery plant apparently had both spider mite and whitefly eggs. I soaped them all; the adult adenium got angry about the insecticidal soap and shattered. All those pretty leaves and flowers, PLOP. At least they're hardy, and growing shiny new leaves now. I can tell you, though, I was well PO'd at the nursery--and my own foolishness--for messing up my babies. Anyway, I certainly won't be sending out anything live until I'm sure the nasties are gone for months. And no more nursery shopping. I don't trust them any more.

They start out looking like a couple of green cigars, and they can take quite a while to ripen. Best is to wait till the pod starts turning a brownish colour and begins to split. The seed has a feathery little "tail" for wind dispersal. It is best grown fresh, nothing much special is required. When one of my plants made seed, I simply slipped a not-too-tight rubber band round the pod, just enough to hold it together should it open before I noticed. If you do more searching under "Adenium seed" or "Adenium seed germination" you should turn up a few useful sites. This was my first "hit" Here is a link that might be useful: seed

Welcome to the world of growing Adeniums from seeds!! Congrats on getting one to flower in such a short time, it's beautiful, and NOT pink as we can see, lol. As for your question about it being lanky and would a bigger pot solve this...in short the answer is no. Although caudex width is increased mostly during the early years of growth you only need a pot slightly wider than the caudex and root mass. So for example, a 4inch diameter caudex a 6inch wide pot would be more than adequate. Too much compost in an oversized pot 'can' result in it holding too much water if you err on that side which 'can' lead to root/caudex rot, it can also go 'sour'. This is my opinion you understand, others may think otherwise....the only way to stop it from being so lanky is to be harsh and prune it severely, but whether you are brave enough to do this.......?? This would force all its energy into fattening the base and push out the existing branches and other dormant branch buds which would all hopefully add to a shape that may please you more. Of course it will stop it from flowering for a while, but more branches lead to more flowers...eventually! If it were mine, I would decide which side would be it's best feature then make a sloping cut, lowest point at the back, looking at the 1st pic, the cut would be appear to be below the rim of the pot behind it, (if you see what I mean) yes really low down and see what branches you get. Sounds brutal I know!! Watch the sap, it's an irritant and will flow freely. Not sure what you could seal the cut with as I've never cut one down as big, just read one post which suggested honey as it's antiseptic. I just keep dabbing it off as it can run down or drip, eventually it seals itself and darkens so after a few days I just wash it off with a damp cloth. Pinching out the terminal growth point after flowering would also make the lower branches develop, but slowly, and you will still end up with a plant with long thin stems and not 'branches' as such. I and a lot of growers tend to grow our plants in pots that are dumpy, basically wider than their height. Hope this may be of help, good luck and let us know what you decide to do? Regards, Gill form the UK.

Have a question. I have four large desert rose plants. Two of them produced two seed pods two years ago. Last year the same two produced three. This year I just discovered I have two pods on one and eleven (11) on one that has not produced pods before. They have all just started. Is it possible all eleven on the one plant will have viable seeds in each pod. And no I do not grow the for a nursery or anything like that. These are in my back yard. Thanks, Tanya