The adenium plant seedlings are doing great. The desert rose plant in the image to the left is 6 to 8 months old and grown from seeds. Presently, we have 3..4 different flower types available as seedlings from Epic Grower LLC. Many of these adenium plants are blooming. We use Dyna-Gro Bloom to get them to bloom earlier than normal to make sure the flower type on these seedlings are correct. There are some minor difference from plant to plant such as the stripe being wider on some (see next image).
Seedlings Flower Consistency
The Pico desert rose seedling are 98% constant and the red to violet edge ones are 97% consistent. These plants are the same ones sold to a TV shopping network show. The shopping network orders thousands of seedlings each year but charge a bunch more. The striped adeniums are 93% consistent and the white adeniums are 98%.
The desert rose plants seedlings are from the same grower for the TV network received earlier this year. AdeniumRose company staff is in the process of transplanting some of the desert rose plants into larger 3″ pots to fatten up the caudex to be offered as individual larger plants in the future.
The remaining fat adenium seedlings not transplanted will left in their current growing trays for the next month to keep the costs lower and value high for AdeniumRose Company clients.
Adenium Variations
The image to the left is an example of the stripe adenium seedling but with a bit thinner stripe. Also, the petal shape is a bit different. On the average only 20% of hybrid adeniums plants grown from seeds will produce flowers exactly like the parent plant. There are always variations.
Adeniums in their natural environment do not offer a wide range of colors as in the hybrid desert roses. These are about as consistent as they get except if you are growing non-hybrid adeniums.
Now is the time to get the seedlings while you still have several months of the growing season left. If you are an experienced grower with the right setup or if you live in the Southern most states (South Florida, South Arizona, South Texas,..) then you can grow adeniums just about year round.
The non-transplanted adenium seedlings receive 80% sun strength at the AdeniumRose Company nursery and the desert rose transplanted are 100% out side without any cover. Once young adenium plants reach the 3″ pot size they can handle full sun.