Terrific sequence of photos, Rick! It is really cool to see them through time. They are all lovely. Seeing your True Socos makes me want to grow some. Love the Minis too.

I've always been curious about the Gold Bracelet, Emerald Bracelet varieties. Are the seeds worth the extra cost? I would say so judging from your images!

Tracy

You know Tracy. I think that these seeds (GB, MKMK) where worth it for the fact that they have bulked up quite quickly for me.

Hard to say if it is just conditions given? With the new ones that I am growing, this will give me a better idea.

They truly doubled or tripled in size this summer. If this shows anything for their genetics?

Rick

Excellent seedlings, Rick, especially those minis. Do you have Adenium crispum? If you ever come across Adenium crispum seeds from anyone reliable, give me a holler! Or plant.

Pagan

Definitely, will do Pagan. I received Crispum seeds quite a few years ago from some website, but they where truly not the real thing.

Rick

Rick, what a great idea to have a progression of your plants. I tend to take pics and then delete the old ones so have no real timeline for them.

where you have posted the mini obesums, the second pic of the today's shots shows a plant with rather curly leaves. Reminds me of those Dorset Horns....are they a specific strain or can one grow from any type of DR seed as that was the impression I got from a previous thread?

Gill UK

Terrific pic's of progression, Rick. And your yearlings are looking mighty good!

Kadie

Rick, I have longed for a thread like this - a documentation of growing Adenium socotranum from seeds! ;-) And of course, all of your seedlings look great and I am looking forward to follow their progress.

Btw, I would sacrifice a lot to get hold on true soco seeds. ;-)

Gill, From what I have experienced with these Mini-Size. All of the seeds started have been the same, in regards to small and multi branched. The Taiwan and Thai growers ideally treasure the ones that have the somewhat curled leaves. This is why I kept the 6 I have. They all have quite curly leaves.

Kadie, Thank You. I do not know why I do not keep them more organized, but I will from here on in.

Martin, If I come in possession of more of the True Soco seeds, I will be sure to let you know. Just going through information I collected of the Soco's and they say that it can take many, many years to have one bloom. I do not really care about them blooming. It is said that if you graft one onto obesum root stock, you can get blooms alot earlier.

I would not be willing to cut off the top of mine. I have 6 that I kept and just will enjoy their characteristics for now.

I have to say that I have been holding off on a LED light only because I have the T5 HO set up and was not wanting to have the expense of replacement, but from what I am seeing from yourself and the others using the LED's. It is driving me crazy. My ability to not get on the site and buy one is running very thin.

Rick

Thanks for the reply Rick, sorry I missed re checking this thread.

Just to go back to my question if I may....are the Dorset Horns a type on their own or can any seed pod throw one of these out.....as in a 'sport', and would seed pods from a DH produce new DH's? Thanks :)

Gill UK

The Dorset Horns are one of their own, Gill. In one seed pod you might have a 3% chance of getting one. 1/2 a seed pod was $25.+ or up.

rick

Rick and Gill I was under the impression that a Dorset Horn is a mutation that can be taken on by any species of Adenium. DHA had stated in a recent comment about an arabicum subspecies (I believe RCNs) that he/she had germinated some DHs from. Rick does this contradict what you have learned? You have been at this much longer than I.

Tracy

As an aside, there are a myriad of free online storage options for photos. After losing an entire digital photo album, i have been a big proponent of online storage. I currently use Microsoft's OneDrive, but Google, Apple, and Amazon all offer viable options.

Tracy, what you are saying could be true. I do not have too much knowledge of them.

I know that Comsan Kan has often had them listed and I believe that John F has spoken of them. They are not stable and people are hoping that they will become better.

I was in a position to buy some through some Australian friends. They where very expensive. Could only buy by 1/2 a seed pod or whole one. I think you got a fair number of seeds from 1 pod, but it was over $50. and you could only expect a 3% chance of getting one. Too much of a gamble and room to grow this many w only 3%, not worth it.

I wonder with what you speak of when you see similar leaf growth on the tree that Rinoa has listed, but her's is tall and not compact. Then there are the Mini-Size which are selected for the curly type leaf for prime specimen. Does seem that it could be a mutation of sorts.

Rick