Tracy, nice addition to your collection. Someday I'll acquire a variegated adenium.

-Kadie

I do not mind a bit. I love inspiring dialog, whether it be about the post topic, or if we wind up off on a tangent. All hijacks are welcomed, Kadie. This plant has some unique characteristics, Cynthia!

Tracy

Tracy, thanks for taking and posting pics of the bonsai and your gracious welcome to hijackers in your posts.

-Kadie

The Black Arabicum is so cool. I got seeds from Kukuan (Adeniumcenter) Thailand about 4 yrs. ago and I guess they did not grow for me. There not here. Forgot about them.

The one I had was Black PNW (Petch Na Wang), but there are quite a few now. Black Giant, Blk Knight, Blk Pearl, etc. Neat looking color to the caudex though.

Nice find with the Variegated adenium. The 3 that I got from Warunee are grafted. Like the one that you have being ungrafted form.

You are are a roll, Tracy. Next the Dorset Horns, etc. Why not.

Rick

Kadie, I hope you do get to add one or more of these to your collection. With the seed you are cultivating, perhaps several will turn out variegated! There were 2 variegated older seedlings at Wild Bill's in Florida but Ellen, the daughter of Bill did not want to part with them, so I have been on somewhat of a mission to find one since then. Ellen told me that sometimes you will find the variegation on plants that produce red flowers.

Rick, thank you for lending your expertise in identifying the Black Arabicum. Too bad your seeds didn't take, these are quite special. I knew there was something unique about this plant that I could not put my finger on. It must be the darker caudex, it is captivating. And I love the furry feeling of the leaves. I am on quite a roll here lately with the new acquisitions. I need to slow down and remember that I have hundreds of seedlings that will need more space and tending to, especially as they are growing larger. The Dorset Horn, of course does not take up much space! ;)

I was pretty impressed with the hype and excitement around Adeniums at the show today. The show was predominently cacti, palms, and pachypodium, with a few Adenium sprinkled in. I could have stayed all day gazing at the staged Bonsai, but my 17 year old son doesn't have the patience for it.

Tracy

Tracy, too funny (your son). I get that to from my partner, rolling eyes, etc. I get so excited when I get talking about them with friends and I am sure by some of the looks, that they don't quite get me. That's alright, I get it.

I too have to watch my numbers, although for some reason it does not work to well for me.

What I truly want, is to some day have a nice collection of most of the species and my favorite obesum's for bloom.

You should take some of your seedlings to this show next year and sell some. It would help with purchasing some more and possibly some change in your pocket.

I am going to take some to a friends nursery once a few of the ones I am concidering letting go bloom. Most people need to see them in bloom or they would not even look. I gave some to a woman close by and subsequently was talking to the president of the C&S Society and he told me she had some wonderful Adenium seedlings for sale. Said he was surprised because she did not like growing them. I said that I had given her some and then he new that they where not hers, but from me. Sold them for $5. each.

Not a concern, as I did give them away.

Enough rambling.

Rick

Uh oh! I just realized I hijacked Cindi's adenium from Tracy's other thread to post here. When I saw the bonsai in this thread I got excited and etiquette went out the window. Sorry about that.

Cindi, is this okay with you? If not, I will take it off this thread.

-Kadie

Tracy and Rick, I thoroughly enjoyed your lively and interesting conversation. Because of you guys, I am wanting even more to acquire and/or grow my own unique adeniums! There goes the budget!

I mentioned in a recent post that I culled out some seedlings to make room for the new...sold them for $5 each. But I had a suspicion that the one who bought 4 is going to sell them for a lot more once they bloom. That's okay, keeps the economy going. <chuckle>

-Kadie

Kadie, no wonder they sold so fast. Hard to pass up for $5 each! But as you mentioned, it frees you up to care for your new batches of seedlings. This also presents you with the opportunity to raise another prize seedling like Chubbs. Looking forward to see what comes next from your nursery!

Rick, what a terrific idea of selling these at the local show. I was thinking yesterday that they could use a decent Adenium vendor, since many of theirs were tall thin giraffe-like plants. I could divide out my duplicate plants and sell them locally. I know recently I have begun to think why in the world did I need to sow 100 of these seed, when probably just 10 would have been fine. I used to kill plants (not adenium) at a much faster rate so I compensated by sowing larger batches. Also, you are decent person for not speaking up when this person sold your gifted plants. Did she not realize that this would get back to you? Some people.

My son, Vincent actually enjoys going to the plant show, he just doesn't enjoy staying quite as long as I do. He is captivated by the Bonsai. I keep encouraging him to get a single plant, but he doesn't want to commit to the responsibility of training one.

Tracy

I found that with starting so many, that I needed to cull out a lot due to space and I just did not need that many. What I did do was to keep one whole seedlot of a variant, just so I could see the differences in growth as well as flower type, color, etc.

This person probably never knew I found out she had sold them, but when she asked the following year. I made sure to ask for more considering I knew what she had sold them for. It is a good way to move some and still get something even just to pay for the soil and seed.

The fella at the C&S Society told me that in his experience with selling the adeniums at their show, was that you needed to have one or two on display so that people unfamiliar to them would see what the potential could be. We will see with the ones I send in on the weekend.

Rick

Yes, recouping for the soil, fertilizer, time and care is needed to afford this addiction. I anticipate that I will need to buy special materials and supplies to grow the arabicum seeds Rick and Tracy had so graciously sent me. And the culture of these will be posted on my thread, "Mixt Caprice."

Happy growing!

-Kadie

Marie, thank you for sharing. Tracy I love them all.