Firat of all..DON'T PLUCK IT!!!

Pollination to ripening time is approximately 75 days in summer and 90 days in winter. If you don't know how long it has been there, place a small panyhose on it to stop the seeds from dropping. The pod will open when it is ready. You will see it crack.

Clean the seeds form surrounding material once open. You can pack some seeds as an adenium pod will produce about 100-150 seeds per pair.

Here is a link that might be useful: Adenium seed info

Earlier this year I noticed this odd thing growing on my Desert Rose and wonder if it is a seed pod. So, is this a seed pod? It's starting to get a little pink color to it. Is there a way to see when our pods are about to open?
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Congrats! That's a seed pod. I've never had one so I don't know what they look like ripe but I'd cover it with a piece of a stocking so you won't lose the seeds.
Karyn

Kevabear, when did you get yours? I'm getting nervous about how long it is going to take to ripen in comparison to when I am going to have to take these guys inside for the winter. It's unseasonably coll for August right now. Usually, I can leave these guys out through mid October, but...I don't know. Someone Chrismac said it takes 75 days to ripen!! I don't know what to do! Mine are defnitly at different stages... What to do???

It seems I noticed the seed pod maybe about two months ago or so. It has grown a little, and like I said has gotten a sort of pinkish color to it. I will definitely put a stock around it as to not lose the seeds. Around how many does one get from a seed pod? And how do we know they're about to open?
Lauri

They work the same as plumeria except plumies take 9 months to ripen!! Once they are close to the full date,they will turn blackish and rotten banana looking. Right before they will open, they will crack open on a seam. If you dont have stocking on them...you will have seeds all over the ground.

In nature the butterfly or the night moth is the pollinator of adeniums. You can also molest one yourself LOL Take a pine needle and stick it in multiple plants. It will push the pollen that is in the throat of the plant down into the ovary. If you only have 1 plant, buy another, especially of another color. They produce better when they have pollen from another plant.

Chris

I didn't molest anything, thank you very much (LOL), but I think it is an odd thing that I keep going out to my deck and finding more seed pods. Maybe the night moth is attracted by all the fish emulsion I used this summer. Of course, I also have a duck living on my deck now. I don't know what brought that butterfly or moth thing, but this will be a fun experiment! Anyway...I just hope everything ripens before all my plants have to come in for the winter. I'm a nervour wreck about this!!