My First Adenium flower.
I am really excited this flower opened this morning on a grafted plant I got in October. I have it under LED lights.
Would it be good to take it out from under the lights to get the blooms to last? and do I give the plant more water to help keep the flowers hydrated?
Thank you for any advice, John
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I bought my first Adenium
Comments (14)Hi Kirk and Laura, thanks for the input. I decided to pot up today. I bare-rooted the plant and raised it slightly to expose more of the Caudex. Hi Mark, to answer your question, I bought it at a small garden center in Cd. Juarez. Are you familiar with Juarez? I could tell you where it is at. I also saw similar plants at the HD in Juarez, but they were a bit more expensive there. I saw some larger Adenium plants at the Walmart near Airway Blvd. in El Paso in the spring, I have not been back there since May so not sure if they still have them. That Walmart usually carries really nice, large succulents in the Spring, just FYI. Hi Marie and Thank You!...See MoreAdenium with fuzzy leaves?
Comments (2)Hi Lady_ee! I also have an adenium with fuzzy leaves! I rescued it this past august from walmart with some rot and one leaf, which I didn't notice was fuzzy or not. However, it has since totally recovered, and put out tons of healthy leaves, which all are kind of velvety fuzzy to the touch... at first I thought it was some kind of bug, and wiped them every day with alcohol, but that didnt change it, the fuzz didnt wipe off, and the plant seems very happy, so now I'm thinking it is not bugs, and just some weird trait? Sorry I cant actually help, but perhaps we could enroll them in some sort of support group together ;) Also, congrats about the flower buds! please post pictures when they open! Best, Willow...See MoreFirst flower buds!!!!
Comments (12)Thanks everyone! I have these growing under 4 T8s which are on 16 hours a day. I want to say I read somewhere that the streaks in the throat are a sign of crispum ancestry, can anyone confirm?...See MoreAdenium obseum 'Joy Rich' and 'Scorpio' first flowers.
Comments (14)Despite pouring rain, I did manage to get some more photos. First, Scorpio with the flower more open and the second bloom about to pop behind it. I expect later flowers will look better and more full as the plant get some size to it. Here's a shot showing the entire plant in full and how the wound has healed so far. It was cut back in May, originally. Shows you the scale of the flower as well as how the wound is already much less obvious an starting to round off with hints of green. And here is a close up view of it. Despite the black cracks, poking at it with my fingernails or a skewer does not indicate any softness. It's all firm. Even so, I would like to chip and peel off some of the super glue to be /sure/ there is no additional rot for a piece of mind. But so far it looks good and the caudex is quite turgid....See MoreJohn
7 years agoHi Rachel,
Funny you would ask that question as I did buy another plant at the same time potted them up at same time and sit right next to each other under the lights. Also interesting that this other plant was the one I was less worried about as it has had a rock solid caudex from the time I purchased it till now and the one that is blooming had me worried a few times as caudex seemed a bit soft to me at times. I am really happy to have my first adenium bloom but not sure about the plants they both have mottled and distorted leaves so have been wondering if they came with a virus. And Rick thank you for your advise on keeping the blooms and plant happy funny the original photo of this plant was more orange and yellow but it might go through some color changes as the flowers age.
Here is the picture of the other plant.
John
7 years agoHi Gill,
Glad you like it I am pretty happy with it myself. As far as a name it was listed as gold with orange shade center. I have done some poking around and I think it is Sun Halo when I do a google search of adenium sun halo this flower seems very similar. Here is the original photo that was on the ebay listing when I got it.
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7 years agoJohn
7 years agoHi Rachel,
I will take some closer photos of the mottled leaves and distorted flowers tomorrow. Lol just wanted to love the nice flower opening today. Here is a picture of the other plant that is waking up slowly.
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7 years agorcharles_gw (Canada)
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Agartta
7 years agoHi John, beautiful bloom for you, enjoy.
I have an Adenium seed Importer in my state (Western Australia) who sells imported seeds from Thailand. I have bought most of my seeds from him. Good germination rate so far. He lists similar flower seeds as your flower bloom, its called " Morning Star".
eeyore94sooregon
7 years agowell, this one looks like your original picture and this one is called "SUNSHINE"
John
7 years agoLol somehow I think the flowers and the names are getting changed around depending on the who is selling it. Good thing for me is I love the color no mater what it's called.
So here are the photos of the part I am concerned about. this flower opened on the other growing tip yesterday afternoon you can see how the flower and buds are distorted and some leaves are mottled and distorted. I am hoping like Rick said it's just getting itself back to growing but did notice that the first leaves that grew on this branch looked normal.
Maria Elena (Caribbean - USDA Zone 13a)
7 years agolast modified: 7 years agoJohn
7 years agoMaria Elena (Caribbean - USDA Zone 13a)
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greenclaws UK, Zone 8a