Happy New Year 2022! I think this year will be a great year for us, adenium fans!

So maybe we can start a fresh chat for this year. We can still post related topics from the original chat here (The thread "Chats about Adeniums" in Adeniums forum)

To start the year here are my new 2022 first timer adeniums:





A few repeat blooms:

With some luck, I'll be able to get some Black adenium seeds.... For free. Just a bit of convincing to do.

@Aeonium for the s! Did you make a mistake sending me 60 s?

Um, no, I have a bit too many acorns...

Aeonium2003 said:With some luck, I'll be able to get some Black adenium seeds.... For free. Just a bit of convincing to do.

What is Black adenium seeds? I thought you didn't have room for new plants anymore.

Aeonium2003 said:Um, no, I have a bit too many acorns...

GigiPlumeria said:

What is Black adenium seeds? I thought you didn't have room for new plants anymore.

There's always more room... I meant seeds from a plant with black flowers. Not sure what they have been pollinated with though... Who knows. My friend does have some nice cultivars.

Aeonium2003 said:

There's always more room... I meant seeds from a plant with black flowers. Not sure what they have been pollinated with though... Who knows. My friend does have some nice cultivars.

Oh wow! Hope you are able to get them. Most of the "black" have deep purple or deep red undertone.

I have not ventured on any hybridizing yet. So just counting they produce seeds via self or bee pollination.

I apologize for the very low quality photo, I will take better picture tomorrow. But this is a beauty!

Black Romance faded blooms



Double Moon graft and rootstock blooms (2 in 1)

My rescue adenium, suspected mosaic virus victim, has been in quarantine for a while, about 200 feet away from any of my plants, and receiving dilute fish emulsion about once a week.

I think it might have been a nutritional deficiency as I think the color of the leaves are improving, and the leaves were never really deformed.





Also, it looks to be a white and pink/red blooming variety.

that looks like a healthy looking Adenium! Glad you didn't toss it! And you will be rewarded with blooms! Great save!

@hlutzow did the bud fully open?

GigiPlumeria said:@hlutzow did the bud fully open?

Not yet. I'll check it again in the morning.

Can't wait to see it glad you kept it!

I have some questions on the pricing of Adeniums. I have never bought plants, but only seeds. It seems a plant with a caudex diameter of 2-3 inches is selling for $50. Not a special cultivar or anything, only pink flowers. This is a bit overpriced? I would think...

I don't buy plants online. My most expensive is a seed grown multipetal I found at HD, 3 inches width caudex, for $39. My single petal seedgrown are $10 to $25. All my grafted are $25 or below.

Maybe you are buying from a non-US seller so the shipping is expensive? I have seen some reasonably priced $25 below at Etsy with free shipping.

Others will add "rare" on their descriptions and will charge a lot of money for grafted ones! If it is grafted they are not rare. It only takes a one each cutting to propagate a supposedly "rare" variety. Therefore the rare grafted probably has a 1,000+ siblings. If they are seed grown "rare" blooming size, I am willing to pay a little bit more…because you have a unique plant (aka mother plant).

I love pink so I collect any shades of desert rose pink I can find I like multi petals too but for seed propagations single petal can Produce seedpods easier.

Interestingly, it wasn't online. It was at a garden center. I suspect it was because Adeniums are pretty hard to find for sale here in CA. I never buy anything that costs more than $20. If something's that expensive, I usually start it for seeds.

Hits Garden sells 2" pot adeniums for 7 dollars.


Local merrifield sells a 5-6inch pot one for like 30-40$..

sedumzz said:Hits Garden sells 2" pot adeniums for 7 dollars.


Local merrifield sells a 5-6inch pot one for like 30-40$..

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