Q; I received my order last Friday, and all the adenium seedlings plants are in great shape, thank you very much for your quick shipping of my order. I noted there are total of 7 instead of 6 plants, and I believed the 7th plant was a surprise gift from you and its shape also looks different than the other 6. My wife told me she likes the shape of the extra plant better than the 6 that I ordered because it looks like a bonsai type of Desert Rose that she loves. My curiosity was what is the name of that Desert rose that you sent us as a gift. Do you have a sample picture of the flowers it produces? We are just Desert Rose newbies. We also have another plant which is much more mature and we plan to re-pot and to crop it to a shorter shape with a hope it will produce more branches next year. Should we crop and re-pot at the same time or we should do them in two separate times? How long should we wait if we have to crop and re-pot at two separate times.
Growing adenium seedlings questions answers
Answer: The larger adenium seedling you received is the splash seedling (see image to the left). Its really not a seedling anymore due to age and size but all seedling orders get at least one of those.
Answer two (large adenium): If you have more than 2 months of growing season left then crop the desert rose plant BEFORE re-potting. Adenium plants (desert roses) will grow fine in a crowded pot so its OK to leave them in a while longer to give time for the cropped branches to sprout more branches. Once the new adenium plant branches are one inch or longer then repot.
I have a double blossom desert rose. For the past three years it has developed and set buds, but the never open.
I would need more details on your watering cycle, fertilizing cycle, etc for you adenium plant. Buds drop due to many things. The number one and number two is water and nutrients in soil. If you do not regularly fertilize your plants to replenish nutrients in the soil it can cause bud drop. If you move the plant when in bid it can cause bud loss due to environment changes. If you fertilize during budding can cause bud drop.