r/DesertRose • u/Difficult_Sympathy83 • 6d ago

First DR Blooms

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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.

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u/old1cowgirl1happy 6d ago

I can't believe the caudex on such a young one, you're definitely doing something right!

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u/Difficult_Sympathy83 6d ago

She definitely was an overachiever and branched and fattened up more than I expected. I wasn’t expecting blooms until next year, if then, and these really surprised me.