KD 1. A. obesum. 32 days.

KD 1-1.
Ramified stems--no roots cut. Due
to age and size of seedlings, 1st transplanting was skipped and plants
went directly into 5” pots – 65 days.

KD 1-2. Single
stems--no roots cut. In 5” pots – 65 days.

RC 1-1.
Thai Soco KHZ. In 4” pots – 10 days.

RC 2-1 Arabicum
x Crispum. In 4” pot – 10 days.

Good log , Kadie. Not going to add. Let you continue.

Rick

I'm excited to watch your progress.

thanks for the information kadie

That's amazing. I'd love to start experimenting soon myself. May I ask if you happen to know of a place to get reliable seeds from? I'm so afraid of scams and I've heard too many horror stories about purchases gone wrong.

Looking forward to see how the progress goes with your experiments.

Kadie,

Good subject to monitor. Looking forward to monitoring their progress.

Lonnie

Nicholas, I will answer your question and others can follow in a new thread, okay.

Rick

Thank you guys for your encouragement. I've just got to remember not to forget to take pictures of before's and after's, and at the right time.

-Kadie

I'm excited to see your progress in this thread, Kadie. They all look happy as clams. Your 59 day old seedlings blow my mind how far they are into development already. Take a ton of pictures!

Tracy

Thanks for your compliment, Tracy. Just to clarify: The-59 day-old (KD 1) had since been transplanted and called, KD 1-1 and KD 1-2, now 65 days old. KD 1-3, from the same batch, will soon be transplanted and I'll photograph when this happens.

-Kadie

Kadie,
Your seedlings look very healthy and short and stalky...just the way I like them. Very nice.

I like you always am out working in my gardens or with my tropical plants and often forget to take photos too. I'm trying to get better about that. Cannot wait to watch the progress of your seedlings.

Thank you, Ladylotus.

Oh no! Another tropical storm is currently northeast of us and heading west. It's raining now and may continue until the storm passes. It's 3:45 am here and just checked on my neonatal nursery with a flashlight. Two coconut trees flank this nursery so the palm fronds directly above are breaking the fall of rain drops. The RC's are okay!

Kadie, they look good enough to eat....so fat and so healthy.

Marie

Solar energy germination chamber. Eco-friendly. Sprouts in 4 days.

I absolutely love your germination chamber! What are you germinating in these bowls?

Tracy

Tracy, they are two varieties of obesum seeds that I purchased weeks ago and will be using for experiments. I'll give details and post pictures in a few days.

Tracy, in answer to your question directed
to me in another post: I moved Bilibong to that part-shady spot to be next to
his old pot for a photo shoot. I left him there for a couple of months
and when he got his second flush of blooms for the year in May, that's when I noticed the darker hue. I
have since moved him back to his regular spot where he gets all day sun, and
flowers are the usual coral again.

I'm still learning about adeniums...they are
quirky. I have noticed that when we have like 2 days of blazing sunshine
they kind of fold up their leaves or move their leaves up as if trying to hide
from the sun. Without going into their evolution from a tropical to a
desert climate, suffice it to say they are extremely adaptive; except of course
in certain cold temperatures. (No, I'm not putting one in my refrigerator
to experiment. Ha ha!)

So, from what I've learned from this forum and
other literature, adeniums can get by with only a few hours of direct
sun like from a south-facing window, or under indoor lighting culture and
still thrive. However, they grow faster and bloom sooner when grown
with plenty of light/sun and moisture.
And they don’t seem to care a whit about the media they are in as long
as it is free-draining and not soggy (from my experience).

Tracy, you're very welcome and I'm glad to share. We're both guilty of hijacking threads and having our own dialogue within. Of course the discussions ramified from the original subjects, so intentions were always good.

From your description, your adeniums are getting plenty of sunshine. My climate is not always sunshiny, we have frequent days of cloudy haze.

I am certain your adeniums are happy in your loving care. And I look forward to seeing pictures of your blooms!

-Kadie

July is about the only month that we get this type of intensity from the sun. Along with that comes 95 - 100F degree temperatures and ridiculous humidity. Today we are having a cloudy overcast day, not always sun shining. That reminds me, I never posted my climate info for Rick's thread.

Also I am battling mosquitos in what is supposed to be my Adenium garden (work in progress). Don't they know that this is supposed to my place for serenity?

My Kanjana Yellow is blooming, I will get some pics to show you today.

Tracy

So the flowers still have a little browning of the edges because of my stupidity of spraying the entire plant. Lesson learned.

Tracy

A 6-year-old cutting from old Bilabong had
outgrown its pot so I took it out, washed and hung it up (first time I ever did
this). I was busy up-potting my
seedlings, and also needed time to think about how I could best pot it up in a
sculpted bonsai form. This was on May 31.

June 27. Forgot about him...I happened to look up and saw that it had bloomed!

Trimmed its roots and branches and left hanging to heal for three weeks.

July 18. Planted him and will update in two month's time.

You cruel thing, Kadie. Hanging that poor plant up to dry. HaHa. Look forward to seeing the progress.

Rick

Tough love works for me! These adeniums seem to respond with vim and vigor afterwards.

Love this thread.

Footnote about the 6-year-old cutting above: It bloomed even after four weeks of being hung bare-root in the shade (I think it is a reaction to stress and/or a survival mechanism); and cuttings do grow fat underground caudexes. Did I mention adeniums are quirky?...that's one of the reasons I'm addicted to growing them.

I tried making the "tower" form with a few of these:

RC 1-1. Thai Soco KHZ. In 4” pots – 10 days.

RC 2-1 Arabicum x Crispum. In 4” pot – 10 days.

July 15

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Instead of elongating the roots, I thought just maybe the trunk could be elongated. First I tried with pvc pipes for a few days but nothing happened...they were the same height as the others.

So I tried something else: I cut the top and bottom of water containers, placed them over the 3 Thai Soco's and 1 Arabicum x Crispum and filled in with perlite.

This treatment did not work either...they were the same height as the others. The Thai Soco on the right rotted due to moisture sustained by the perlite, but the Arabicum x Crispum eventually recovered.

The two seedlings at the front are the Arabicum x Crispum, the rest are Thai Soco's. There are two more Thai Soco's not pictured here...I had re-potted them into wide panterra pots.

I have since re-potted all of them into larger containers and will take and post pictures soon.

Great documentation of your trials, Kadie. Always interesting to see others work in progress.

Rick

Experimenting looks like fun! Some really nice basal branching you have on your Thai Socos. Nicely documented too.

Tracy

Hi Rick, thank you! Btw, I temporarily posted a pic of my pet on your "yearling" thread and have since deleted it. I really do want to see a pic of your horses. I have always wanted a horse but don't have the space to keep one.

Hi Tracy, thank you for your compliments! It is nice to get feedback. You have done/are doing some experiments yourself, so thanks for sharing.

Kadie

Hi Kadie, I did see your post and did not go back. Had quests leaving.. Unfortunately, sadly I do not have any more horses. My last guy was born when I was there and after 26 yrs. had become ill. He was very special and will always be close to me. I will see if I have a photo of him.

Your little guy is so cute. What special friends they are.

Rick

How sad! When I lost my other pet, I grieved for while, but she will always be in my heart.

Last May I had up-potted a couple hundred trees, but many others were not up-potted as they did not need it at the time. Believe it or not, the two large adeniums are about the same age as the three little ones. They are 15 months old.

Oh my goodness Kadie, they have exploded in growth! Simply amazing stuff.

Tracy

Their monsters. How wide are those pan terra bowls, Kadie. I am of the thinking that you my friend need to get some of these Thai Soco seeds or Arabicum cultivars and start growing them. Your trees grow so wonderfully and with your assistance will get huge.

So impressive. Sorry, sometimes I cannot contain myself. These crazy trees just are so special.

Rick

Rick, the two large ones are in 8" bowls. I know, I know, the bowls are too small...haven't gotten around to getting wider ones. I had the two hanging dry for about a month after root trimming and pruning.

Kadie

They could go into larger bowls, but I love how they look like they are bursting out.