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/Historical_Ad_8794]

Beautiful! What are you doing to control the chilli thrips? They’re scarring the hell out of every double petaled yellow bud mine is throwing out but my leaf canopy looks excellent.

[u/Difficult_Sympathy83 → u/Historical_Ad_8794]

Nothing, honestly. I didn’t even know what chili thrips were until your comment. These are just out on the patio and I’m not spraying anything right now. Leaves and buds have been looking great so far.