Potting up some of my True Socotranum seedlings. Interesting that the root structure is more horizontal than vertical as on the obesums'.
Love these little guys.
Rick

Where did you get the seeds?????

edit: I believe the Adeniums with tap roots come from places with deep groundwater that is replenished in rainy season. Plants like socotranum and arabicum come from places with a rainy season, but no groundwater-- Socotra Island and Arabia are perpetually dry, hey? Obseum come from a belt along the middle of Africa, where is gets very dry, but has enough of a rainy season to replenish ground water reserves, except Mali has had such a terrible drought that animals and people are starving to death. Not in the news, not exciting enough, I guess.

The seeds came from Ken Wall through a gentleman that is friends of his.

So many of the Arabicum, albeit whether true or hybrids all seem to grow quite different and do not fatten up early on and some at a very young age. Possibly where the seed source is and whether you get what you think?
Lots of fun growing some different forms.
Rick

Multiflorum, which is from South Sfrica, grows like a tall bush, with almost no caudex.

I have a grafted socotranum. The leaves are totally thick and leathery and kind of waxy, very shiny. It's almost bloomed twice, but eager beaver me watered it, and the buds fell off. I'll have to start watching the weather for Socotra Island!! Hum, I don't have a decent photo of the little beastie, will have to play photographer soon...

There's Thai Soco, and 'real' Socotranum, from the island off Somalia, the pointy eastern bit of Africa. Thai soco is what they make the incredibly symmetrical rooted little (or big) trees from.

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