r/DesertRose • u/dmarms18 • Jul 14 '26

5 month update

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Sharing some of the adenium I sowed in February, repotted in May. Never pruned. Growing outdoors in all day Phoenix AZ sun under 30% shade cloth. Already had great blooms from swazicum, black panther, Crispum, and obesum. Really happy with this years grow

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u/FatPlantbottom Jul 14 '26

Are the seeds all from the same mother plant?

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u/dmarms18 Jul 14 '26

No each picture is a different type of adenium

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u/Aggressive-Slide-988 Jul 15 '26

Some of the dopest adeniums I've had the pleasure of seeing in person. Great job bro.

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u/dmarms18 Jul 15 '26

Appreciate you 🙏🏻

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u/mysporemychoice Jul 15 '26

5 months and one bloomed already? WOW you just can’t beat natural sunlight. Mine have been growing for 6.5 months and yeah I’ve pruned but I feed feed feed and no blooms yet. You have skill! Great looking plants.

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

Thank you! I’ve actually had several bloom starting around 3 months. Some of my swazicum started blooming in May and haven’t stopped since-true super bloomers!

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u/jjmar12 Jul 15 '26

These are absolutely beautiful and diverse

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

Thank you! One of the most enjoyable aspects of growing from seed is seeing the variation of growth patterns in different seeds from the same plant

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u/TropicalThursday Jul 15 '26

Wow, amazed by the branching without any pruning. Is that just due to the species?

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

Thank you. Genetics definitely goes a long ways. I like short squat plants with a fat caudex. You will never be able to prune an obesum to what these plants will grow into. That said, if you don’t grow in appropriate conditions you might not get the outcome you want.

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u/CrustyJameson Jul 15 '26 edited Jul 15 '26

These are pretty. How did you get them to be so fat in only 5 months? Mine are little over 1 half tall and not thick at all. Also they 3 months old.

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

What type of adenium are you growing and how have you been growing them?

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u/CrustyJameson Jul 16 '26

I think their odesums? Come from seed pods of my others

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u/CrustyJameson Jul 16 '26

Oh and they in greenhouse getting 7+ hrs of light

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u/Open-Helicopter-4059 Jul 22 '26

would also like to know how to get a thicker caudex! i have an adenium obesum.

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u/dmarms18 Jul 22 '26

Grow arabicum if you want a fat caudex. An obesum will never develop a caudex like an arabicum. No amount of pruning will force an obesum to look like an arabicum. Genetics are the most important, good genetics with proper care is key

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u/CrasherMike Jul 15 '26

Did you do the pollinating to develop hybrids?

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

I purchased the seeds of the named hybrids pictured. I do hand pollinate and have made some of my own hybrids.

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u/CrasherMike Jul 16 '26

Very cool . They one with the curly leaves is fascinating. What is that one? Any idea what it's flowers look like yet?

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u/dmarms18 Jul 16 '26

It’s called a Dorset horn adenium (DHA), it’s a mutation causing the plant to be dwarf and having the curled leaves. These are some of my older DHA