Tan - thankyou, they keep adding new ones in shop I cant help but buy them lol. They all beautiful. Now Im really after a pure white one.

I just rang her she said only if it's a bulk order it's a shame I would of done a bit of business with her man I cut my finger bad yesterday dame DR they are dangerous lol

Hi Peter, not sure what a bulk order consist of but do you any plant friends that would get with you to order

Peter - I asked RareImports if they post to NSW, the man said he does but must be an order of $200, he said about 8 plants per order as they have to treat them before they post them for you which cost them as well as postage. He said you can ring them anytime and enquire.

Thanks very much Agartta i really appreciate it. Laurel no i don't have any one to do a bulk order I'm the only one in my area that takes an interest in DR i think

Peter - you welcome, hope u get a good deal, that way you can graft all your rootstock.

Very pretty.

Very nice find Agartta, looks like I am in luck. They do seem to post to Queensland (Sorry Peter).... I will probably wait till Spring & have a look then, being mine would have to come barerooted. I think you could build a very nice collection from this supplier, Agartta.

When you get these would you mind posting a photo of the whole plant so I can see what sort of 'size' plant they are for the price & whether they use flat grafts??? Thanks :)

Totally off-topic (sorry) but when I first read this, I was thinking WA was the US state of Washington! It made it all very confusing until I realised I'm an idiot.

Yea sometimes it suck to live in NSW

Rachel - Thank you. All my grafted plants comes from RareImports, only 2 grafted DR I have from bunnings. The grafts are all flat graft but very well done and has decent growth and usualy split branches. They are very healthy, it is worth ordering from them. I am lucky I have this shop who import from Thailand for me and they only half hour from me, it safe the plant the stress of being uprooted again after passing quarantine. Apparently, I spoke to the man on the weekend, he said that they lost 1 month of stock of Adenium due to 1 plant being infected they distroyed the whole shipment, maybe 100 plants. I nearly cried when I heard that.

I posted pictures for you so you can see the size of plants and the grafting methods used.

Bellow 2 plants on left from Rare Imports, one far right common seed grown pink Adenium from Bunnings, next to it is little grafted DR from Bunnings

Rare Imports

OoOOR rub it in LOL thats it im moving to north QLD i could live quite easily i cannot believe NSW and there laws they are absolutely beautiful im going to approach the DEPARTMENTS OF of war and finance (wife) maybe next time buy $200.00 WORTH or get rid of my pink DR to a nursery in spring and buy some graft once again u r so lucy Rachel how did you go with the heat mat i just got my new larger mat it is heaps better it is so warm in the tent

Peter - Im sorry didn't mean to rub it in. Rachel wanted to see full size of plants and the grafts on them. The only problem is, that I don't have any rootstock at all, maybe couple pink but they not rootstock. I will have to propagate from cuttings not grafts. I was willing to swao with you, but due to the tough laws its not possible. Peter, you can always move to WA, you be closer to RareImports lol.

All cool lol love your new plants i have couple of hundred seedlings that may produce something nice i all ready have one to add its pink yes pink!

Peter - when do you think your seedlings will flower? My seedlings the oldest are 4 months old but look much smaller.

Agartta, thanks for the photos. Much appreciated. I think they all look really good & I will have to check Rare Imports in Spring to see what they have available then. I'm glad they use flat grafts, much better in my opinion. I think you are going to end up with a very nice collection in a small timeframe. You are lucky that you can pick them up yourself & not have the hassle of bare rooted plants. I'm glad you have this place available to you considering how in WA it is difficult to even import plants from other states here in Australia. :)

Peter, I have not bought a heat mat yet, still pondering whether I should buy one or not. I do think a heat mat would be a more fail safe way to start seed, even here in Queensland, instead of having to be sure what the weather is going to do. Pete, it might be worth your while to do a 'bulk order' to get some of these plants from Rare Imports.

Im hoping at the end of this summer coming i have to sort them out i have to many im pleased with the pink one and i have hope for another plant the bud is looking yellow the seed is from the fellow over your way .Rachel im going to sort the seedlings out first i have some plants coming which are guaranteed all cool

Thanks guys I have to look into the grafted planted too Sooooory Peter I also live in Queensland. Thanks Agartta for the imfo, hope you don't mind that I will also get on the band wagon for the plants

Mmmmmm I will send u WA & QLD people a dose of spider mite lol

Peter - Rare Imports has 2 orange DR that you wanted.

Now now Agartta, no rubbing salt in the wounds. Someone needs a time out. Lol.

Mmmm 6 plants coming my way

ps-how will you be sending the spider mite????? hhaa

Haha :)

Sue, I think you need a time out too. Lol.

I will send you all free root stock and may the spider gods shine on you (÷

And mealy bug

Hey Pete, no spidey gods or mealies for me. I wasn't rubbing it in. :(

All cool lol did u c the DHA with gold tips

I did. Nice. I have no experience with DHA so I can't tell you if it's normal. Will be interesting to see how the leaves looks in a few weeks. :)

I'm waiting on Orange plants coming from humpty doo she is just waiting for them to flower it's been to wet up there her season is running behind

Just kidding about the spider mite Agartta your plants look exactly how they should be gotcha (sand lol). had a look at rare imports again after I got a email from them in will wait till I get back to work then the next sale they have it will have to fork up the $200. And buy a bulk order or I could farm spider mite there has to be something they are good for or sell all the pink plants i would make millions lol

Pete - we dont want bugs in WA. Or I have to move far in the goldfields lol.

I rescued these 3 poor grafted Adeniums plants today from my local hardware store. They thought, if it said Desert Rose on the tag they don't need water. These 3 plants were the worst out of the 8 they had. The Adeniums were very dry, like a squashed cucumber. Maybe not watered for 3 months. I felt sorry for them. Anyone who loves Adeniums would. Also, they were planted in the wrong pots with no drainage holes at the bottom only 2 small holes on each of the pot sided. Maybe those pots are for orchids, never seen them before. So, seeing those beautiful blooms in such a poor condition, I had to take them home.

Squashed caudexes, dry and wrinkled,

Beautiful blooms

The wrong pots

Anyone seen these pots before?

That Dark one is beautiful. Almost like Red Hassadee. Gorgeous, Agartala.

Rick

U r spoilt LOL love the dark one

Should I change their pots since they dont have a hole at the bottom only on the sides.

I would. i have a pot here the same from bunnings it had a orchid in it i drilled two holes in the bottom so i could use it for a DR if u want to use them use a normal masonry drill bit use a normal drill do not use the hammer selection drill slow with a little water sprayed on the bit.good luck

Just got a email from rare imports better start saving your money there is some beautiful plants

Nice plants I would drill a few holes in those pots for drainage.

Hey Pete, yes I will drill holes in them when I get my Dremel tool. I got same email from RareImports, I'm glad they get them in again. I would not be able to purchase from RI for a while as today I went to Bunnings and I rescued another poor grafted adenium plant. As well as the other 3 poor plants I got, dry and wrinkled caudex like a dried cucumber, dropping flowers but the blooms were beautiful. What they did, I think, is as soon as they imported bare rooted plants, they shoved them in orchids pots with orchid mix and never watered them, all woobly. So I got new terracotta pots for them , new Baileys pot mix and perlite, so tomorrow I will repot all 4.

Nr 4 plant I rescued, note small dry caudex, dropping blooms.

Beautiful bloom

All 4 plants, the 3 plants from yesterday, their blooms started to lift their heads a little bit :)

Good work wish my bunnings stocked them

Peter - Ask your sister who works at Bunnings why they don't get them. They only had 10 beautiful plants stuck in orchid mix in orchid pots. They don't know how to look after them.

They are beautiful!

Im going to have a look tomorrow by the way its my daughter lol just remember we live on a different planet over here we don't get half of the plants use and QLD get

Then your plants would be more valuable if u were to get some from RImports.

Im tempted but i just have to wait to see what i have with my seedlings i forgot i had another 200 seeds in the fridge i sowed them today im a idiot:×)

We went bunnings tonight there were no DR but i did buy more pots to paint yeah more fun tomorrow:×)

Beautiful blooms!

Update on my 4 rescued DRs. Repotting time in new pots + new mix.

Next caudex is my favourite

Has a little bottom lol

Mission successful. Happy 4 little Adeniums.

Oooh!! All so beautiful!