Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum

Biggest Plant Dictionary  | Adenium obesum | Flowers are very famous in Japan. It is an evergreen or Succulent Drought-deciduous shrub (which can also lose its leaves During cold spells, or According to the subspecies or cultivar).There are several species of Adenium: Adenium swazicum, Adenium somalense, Adenium arabicum,  Adenium boehmianum, Adenium multiflorum, Adenium crispum, Adenium obesum.

To make your plant develop a large swollen base/trunk, you need a good quality fertilizer. Fetilizer requirement for swelling up trunks is also used to increase flowering. It shouldn't be too hight in nitrogen, the middle number should be the highest. Never apply fertilizer directly on roots and do not liquid feed when a plant is thirsty: always water first slightly to avoid root burn and leaf drop.

Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum can grow to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) height, with pachycaul stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex. The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots, simple entire, leathery in texture, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.1 in) broad. The flowers are tubular, 2–5 cm (0.79–2.0 in) long, with the outer portion 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) diameter with five petals, resembling those of other related genera such as Plumeria and Nerium. The flowers tend to red and pink, often with a whitish blush outward of the throat. 

Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum

Adenium Adenium somalense is commonly found growing naturally in Somalia and Kenya. Adenium plants is fairly easy to maintain and beautiful with flowers as Adenium obesum. Adenium obesum Adenium somalense and is the type of Adenium famous for its beautiful flowers. Adenium obesum is often called flower Adenium blorok is the highest level of mutations so that the flower color pattern that appears other than those contained in the flowers of other types of Adenium.

Adenium obesum

If you want to collect Adenium, you certainly will have many options to highlight the interest or cob. Usually the fathers prefer to Adenium beautifully gnarled, while women prefer Adenium beautiful flowering.

Adenium obesum