I've paid as much as $30 for decent sized grafted plants, plus shipping. Plants are just too risky for me to invest a lot of money into buying them. I'd much rather start and train my own. I can be patient.

Definitely a topic where you are likely to get some highly variable replies.

The most I have paid is $10Australian but I use to buy 6 at a time if u like a plant and can afford it why not buy it people pay $30 for a pack of smokes then smoke them in a day or a carton of beer drink it in a day at least you have something to show for your money and to admire for more than a day .pssss a pic would be nice of the DR.

Btw, I am glad you are also trying seed, both Mr. Ko's and from your own seed pods. That is fun! You'll have extras to trade with others or to give away. They make fine gifts even if they are just pinks you cull out of your collection.

The most I have paid is around $40. There's a local boutique nursery here on the island and they really overprice. I only have about 6-8 that I bought. The other 200 or so are from seed.

I think the most my husband and I have payed for 1 plant was around $80 Australian dollars. This was many years ago now, when nurseries here didn't even now what a desert rose was. It was a grafted plant with a single patterned flower that we just had to have. It was about 3yrs old with a nice shaped caudex. We bought it hoping to use it for hand pollinating with our own plants. Unfortunately we were never able to set seed on it, but we did enjoy it while we had it. (If we were able to import grafted plants from Rinoa, we would probably spend a lot of money.)

Im the same Rachel i would be a real pig and buy different colours

Peter, I hear there are a lot of very nice P I N K varieties out there … ^_^

Good one lol

I have just bought my first seedling and it cost me $60 plus postage$20 it is a very good plant and it is called black mighnight. Had I flower on it quite beautifull

Well Peter how is your planting going I have not have had the time to get into the website as ihave just potted out nearly 2000 plants ,didn't know where to put them so put shelves on the side fence, iwill take a photo of them as send on website

The most I paid for a grafted Adenium was $21.97

If adding in the shipping, the 4 ordered from Rinoa, would average out to $23.75 per Adenium.

Jedoba, I think I was at that local boutique nursery this weekend....My DH and I stay at our timeshare for Bike Rally weekend and he knows I like to go to that nursery on 45th street. I saw that they had 2 (in the area with the bromeliads) and they were both priced at $39.99. I would of probably purchased one (or both), but with hubby with me :( I had to pass. They had a variegated Duranta years back (wish I would of purchased it) and now when I go in, I always check to see if they have another one.

Happy Gardening, Jeannie :)

$29 on eBay from a seller in Oregon. I’ve purchased from several sellers on eBay but I found that the one from Oregon gave me the healthiest and most unique caudex.

Peter (Newcastle, Australia),. I am adding a pic of my pricey DR in response to your request.. She still needs some creative pruning to give her a balanced figure. She doesn't have a name yet. Big Bertha?. Unless someone can come up with a more flattering one.

Paradise, she's looking good! Nice root forms. You can easily trim back branches if you want them to produce thicker growth with more branching. OR you can wire those branches to make them bend and curl around in interesting ways. Or over time, do some of both if you like. How tall is she?

Nice as Hyn said nice caurtex shape maybe remove the tips to encourage back growth could even graft another color onto it its a nice plant.

paradise...

mergatroid

Well I decided to straighten out some of the more slender, curving branches with a splint and staked a fat one to raise it and bring it off to one side a little bit to give a more balanced look.. I see signs of new growth along the various branches since this baby was repotted after a severe ant nest occupation. After that, the desire to re-shape was extended to other plants which were wonky to my eyes. I'll creatively prune and and re-shape my seedlngs once they are a tad bigger and I can work up the nerve to try something altogether new.

I'm not a fan of straight branches at all, but you need to do what you like best. It's a nice plant and you have years to experiment so you don't have to be hasty. ;)

I only splinted the really spindly branches, which were curving in wacky ways.. I prefer a straighter look for new branch growth to form.. I certainly don't favor a completely regimented look either.. This would look very unnatural which is not my goal.