Adenium obesum (Desert Rose)

I moved three more that are developing nicely onto the step (left) of the Raised Patio as it is a suntrap ...

 

Here is my Beaucarnea recurvata with two smaller Beaucarnea guatemalensis in front
which is up on the Raised border and gets plenty of sun ...

 

Adeniums starting to bloom ...

 

I love these ... I love the stems better than the flowers, I think they're fantastic (I know I'm odd ! )

 

I'll leave it to to decide which part of that I'm agreeing to.

 

I love it all and like I have some with a fat caudex and some octopus like. I am anxious to see what other colours I might get. These are the babies I am nuturing on the lower level and two are supposed to be muti-petal black ...




They are loving this heat, high of 36.3 today ... NOT me!

 

I forgot to add the new Big Boy I got for my birthday ...


He is the one at the back right hand side ...

 

Ooo black ! That sounds interesting

 

This is the picture of the mother plant ...
... but we wait in anticipation!

A few today ...

 

Loving the heat ...




My newest babes which I am nuturing ...

 

My new Adenium which arrived from Spain yesterday ...


Potted her up this morning and have put her in partial shade for her first day in the open hot air ...

 

My Adenium haven ...

 

i've just moved my one outside, while the weather is warm, it too heavy to keep moving in and out so I hope it can stay there for a month or so.
The caudex is getting fairly big now.

 

It looks superb Pete. Can you not squeeze it into a corner of the conservatory, or greenhouse? Where has it been living the last couple of years? Mine all go into The Baffa on the South and West facing windowsills to let them denude for the winter.

I started collecting them as they are easy to care for and I have the "hot spot" there to contain them. I have to stop now as I have 23, more than half have to bloom yet with nice colours. Same with the Hibiscus rosa-sinenses.

 

It spends most of the year in the conservatory I doubt it would survive the greenhouse over winter.
I just thought an airing while we have some heat might help it, I do know the flowers get a better colour when outside in full sun.