How to tend a Adenium obesum
Also known as: Nerium obesum Forssk., Adenium arabicum Balf.f., Adenium arboreum Ehrenb., Adenium coetaneum Stapf, Adenium honghel Lindl., Adenium micranthum Stapf, Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Vierh.) Lavranos, Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Balf.f.) G.D.Rowley, Adenium socotranum Vierh., Adenium somalense Balf.f., Adenium somalense var. caudatipetalum Chiov., Adenium somalense var. crispum Chiov., Adenium speciosum Fenzl, Adenium tricholepis Chiov., Cameraria obesa Spreng.
Log in to add this plantWatering
Water thoroughly after soil surface dries, avoid saturated water
Sunlight
Like sunshine, grows in sunny places
Soil
Soil with loose texture or soil with specific nutrients
Fertilizer
Dilute fertilizers following instructions, apply 1-2 times monthly
Pruning
Remove dead, rotten, diseased leaves and the parts that may affect the good appearance
About this plant
- Origin
- Africa
- Category
- Apocynaceae, Adenium
- Size
- Diameter ⥠10 cm, height ⥠15 cm
- Blooming period
- Flowering period May-December
- Flower colors
- rose red, pink, white or in mixture
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