Adenium swazicum, or arabicum??
Hello everyone,
I bought this plant dormant off a bench labeled "A. obesum". I took it home and placed it under my lights where it soon leafed out. (Also keep in mind it's a graft.)
The leaves feel very velvety (luxurious).
A couple of weeks ago I noticed some buds forming.
Well, when I got up this morning, she had finally popped!!
Now, after seeing the flower and doing some further research, I'm leaning towards "A. swazicum". (Except maybe for the color.)
Here's a link to Mark Dimmitt's description - http://adenium.tucsoncactus.org/swazicum.html
" The best distinguishing character is the petals of solid color (no fading toward the throat), which is darker in color and lacks nectar guides. In addition, the anther appendages are very short and hidden within the tube, a trait it shares only with A. boehmianum. White flowers are known in cultivation. Literature says that wild plants may have red flowers, but they seem to be unknown in cultivation."
So there you have it. What do you think?
Rob
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Comments (78)Hi, Marie! So nice to see you. It is always so educational to read your posts. This post is a gem. Love it! I personally don't particularly care for grafted adeniums and have not tried any of the techniques. Horrie, have you tried the split graft where you shave the scion into a V shape and fit it in to the split? I think for this plant that technique would be more successful. It is the same technique we use to graft new branches from an older tree to newer trees so fruit develops quicker. I have grafted gymnocalycium to hylocereus to create my own moon cactus. It's very interesting to learn that you are actually marrying the vascular systems of the two plants. You have to pay very close attention to the joining of the rings in both freshly cut pieces. That's critical point #1. Critical point #2 is taking great care in the wrapping so moisture is not lost and the tissue survives. Keeping the 2 pieces pressed together until they successfully fuse is the final piece of the equation. My very best to you! - Maria Elena...See MoreSpecies Adenium
Comments (13)I know I am posting this really late. I found swazicum seeds on Adeniumseeds I emailed them to see if they have any in stock. I also love arabicums and have several varieties growing from seed right now. I am new to Adeniums and want all of them too. I have an A. multiflorum, I have a Nova Tanzania, I have several types of arabicum, I am looking for crispum seeds though. where did you find yours? This morning I bought some multiflorum seeds online. They are coming from the Netherlands though. I hope whoever sends them hides them in something. Nothing was ever mentioned about a certificate to get them into the states. I am very impressed with the people growing in northern Europe because of the climate. They do an excellent job at growing plants! The seeds also had good reviews! I am going to check out aridlands and try to get a swazicum seedling an obesum seedling, and Boehmainum for spring. I don't have a straight somalense or Socotranum yet. I had some obesums but they were shipped in soil and rotted a couple days after I got them. So I am nervous about getting the obesum and the somalense. Do you think the Somalense is more hardy than the obesum temp. wise? I do have some arabicum x socotranum seedlings at least I am under the impression that, that is what the Black Pearl is. I am wondering if the A. Olefolium has anything to do with how Ko makes his Mini plants....See MoreAdenium Arabicum Seedlings
Comments (5)I found my arabicum seedlings to be stronger, bigger and far more robust than say obesum or other varieties. Yes they were taller, eventually, but definitely not skinny and tall. For starters the seeds themselves were twice the size of all others. Hate to mention this but these look a little drawn out/etiolated as they’re on the tall and thin side in having just the single set of leaves. Sorry if I sound negative, just pointing out what I see to try and help :-) Are they getting good light for as long as possible? Anyway you can increase light levels in the hope they will fatten up? Admittedly I have only germinated a few arabicum but the shortest at the two leaf stage were like barrels, a few that did grow taller when at this very early stage were much stouter almost looking like miniature baobabs. Gill...See Morehalocline
8 years agoWow!! Looks like mystery solved, thanks.
I also saw on that page http://lithops.com/adenium.htm; another one I bought last Friday. http://lithops.com/images/Adenium_photos/obBRuby15_w.jpg
Ahhh, I got some pretty good focus today! (My macro mechanism doesn't work correctly.)
Rob
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8 years agoHere's one with a bit more detail of the throat. I've been studying this and my other blooming Adenium with a 10x mag glass, fascinating!!! These have been the first time I've ever seen Adenium flowers in person.
What I would give; for a quality macro lens. When I set my camera on macro, I can hear the gears just grinding away. I'm lucky if it works once every 200 tries. (Above pic, not one of them.)
This is the quality I'd like. This was taken with my Mom's lens.
Rob
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8 years agolast modified: 8 years agoRob, it's nice to have an expensive macro lens, but you can manage without. Try extension tubes and a reversed wideangle lens:
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8 years agoI have a Nikon Coolpix P80. No detachable lenses. The gears or motor for macro/focusing are shot. Of coarse the guy at the shop said: It would be more expensive to repair; than to buy a new one. So I'm stuck for a while.
Every now & then though, it pull's through.
Rob
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8 years agomartin,
My mom let me borrow her camera this week; to play around with the different lenses. These two are from a telephoto.
Next I tried the macro lens. In a couple of pics; you can see that there are tiny wisps of White hairs on the tips of each petal. These same hair's make up faint nectar guides.
Rob
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