You need to provide us with as much detail as possible about how you've been caring for your plant. Where do you live? Does the plant get any time outside? It's currently inside by a window, how much light does it get? How often do you water/fertilize?

Hi welcome! What kind of soil do you have it in? Quick draining soil is needed. Adenium don't like to sit in water, so unless you pour the water out of the self draining pan you could get dry rot. How warm do you keep it in the house? Some of have second blooms now. It is time for them to go semi or into full dormancy in the next months. I am guessing you don't use a grow light. With your location we can know your weather, humidity and light availability.

Looks very small/stunted for a seven year old. I recommend keeping it outside in the summer with lots of sunlight. They don't do well indoors 24/7. Keep in a well drained potting mix. It does not need a self waterer. Too much water can kill it (if it sits in it/not well drained). Fertlilize in warm months. Bring it in when temps go below 45-50 at night

How deep was the pot its been living in before this. Could it be bonsai in form now?

Hi, please read all the posts and answer all of the questions as we need more info When you can get to reply. Plus......

Has the current pot got any drainage holes? I would change it anyway even if it has, the shape is wrong for any plant as ones with openings that are narrower than the widest part aren’t recommended...especially so for an adenium as their underground roots can grow very fat, they can then get stuck in a pot with a narrower opening! A plastic pot is ideal as terracotta ones need more growing experience to keep things watered well.

You can add some location info after your name via your profile page, it will help us a lot if you want to know more...we don’t have to keep asking then? ;-)

Can you get some new soil mix and other ingredients? As you seem new to growing these, suggest a small bag of really good cactus mix, can’t suggest brand as we don’t know where you are. Add to it some gravel, like aquarium gravel, no bigger, chicken grit/alpine grit/horticultural grit will do but no sand whatsoever. If you can get a bag of perlite, sieve it downwind and use the biggest granules. Mix up a mix of thirds, so slightly damp cactus mix/gravel/perlite, don’t put stones or anything else in base of new pot for drainage, as it’s no use. Unpot plant, shake off old mix, if roots are dead, stringy, rotten or smelly cut them off with clean blade, leave plant unpotted to dry for a day or so it will be ok. Place on layer of mix and fill up the new pot. Don’t water it for at least a week.

Your plant looks as though it needs more light, but as others have said, you could be i an area where it’s entering dormancy/no growth period. I would be tempted to cut the long branches down by at least half. Maybe do this in spring when things warm up and growth re-starts. As long as you have old leaf scars that look like smiley mouths, you should get new branches from their which will help to make your plant much fuller and bushier.

Any idea what type of seed it was....obesum or Arabicums for eg?

Gill.

PS, never let it sit in a bigger pot that has drain water in it, best use a plastic or ceramic saucer only. When watered it should run out immediately, just throw excess away or sit it on a draining board till no more runs out. Water thoroughly in growing season, not in drinks and drabs.

Your poor little plant needs a much larger pot. My daughter has several desert roses and whilst they don’t require too much attention, they are outside (north Western Australia).
Hers are about five feet high and flower profusely. (Believe me they do this on their own as she is not a gardener at all). Perhaps, if you are in a warmer climate, RE pot it to a larger pot and place it outdoors. They don’t require too much water.

Agreed with Greenclaws about pot size.

DITTO.

Any update on your plant Jessica?