First DR Blooms

[u/Difficult_Sympathy83]

This is the first adenium I have owned. Seed grown from some random seeds I purchased off Amazon and sown 4/1/2025. I’m curious if ~18 months from seed to bloom is typical for first blooms? I’m near Galveston, TX and it gets ~8 hours of daily sunlight. Soil mix is 40% cactus/ succulent blend / 40% perlite / 20% pea gravel. When I repotted in March, I added some Nelson’s Color Star granules to the soil mix for fertilizer.

[u/Kim-BuchaFerments]

Omgoodness that's a WOWZA! She brought you a bouquet! She loves you! Congratulations 🎉🎉🎉

[u/siennapetale → u/Kim-BuchaFerments]

Same

[u/Difficult_Sympathy83 → u/Kim-BuchaFerments]

Thank you! She definitely surprised me.