Adenium oleifolium

Adenium arabicum

Adenium arabicum "Thai Socotranum"

Adenium arabicum

Adenium arabicum

Adenium arabicum (large red flower form)

Adenium swazicum

Adenium multiflorum

Adenium boehmianum

True Adenium socotranum

True Adenium socotranum

Adenium crispum

Adenium crispum grafted on to Adenium somalense stock

Adenium somalense

Adenium somalense

Adenium sp. Tanzania

Adenium sp. Tanzania

Adenium obesum (Mombasa form)

Adenium obesum

Adenium obesum

And finally, this Adenium was sold to me leafless as Adenium multiflorum. After it leafed out it was obvious that it was not. I think it's probably a form of A. obesum or possibly A. somalense.

Pachypode,
Quite the collection there. Nice to see all the different species and the way that you have them trained.m thanks so much for sharing your photo's.
Rick

Thanks Rick for the kind words and for taking the time to look at the photos. I know there are a lot.

pachy, that is an impressive group you have there. Nicely chosen for the pots they are in and I am always a rock hound. I like how it looked like you had 2 together. Were these grafted together or grew this way? Can't wait to see them in flower. Paula

Nice collection ,you have most of adenium species. Which is your favorite one and are they equally easy to grow ?

Pachypode,
Where did you get your Tanzania, oliefolium and oman species from?
Did you start them from seed?
I have most of them but not either of those.
I love the shape of the caudex on the Tanzania and having the thin leaves really adds to it.
Wonderful,
Rick

Excellent plants--I really like how each is presented as a work of art, with accenting stones set in nice bonsai pots....these are like miniature scenes. This gives me some ideas to use my Lake Superior agates with my adeniums. Thanks for posting all these photos of your collection, pachypode--they're an inspiration!

Mike in MN

What a great collection you have there. Are they grown from seed or have you bought as plants? Not that it matters in the grand scheme of things, I'm just curious! It's good to see pics of the various species of DR's all together, a good reference thread for us...thanks for taking the time to post them for us to admire. I do like the way they are displayed in the shallow bonsai pots...brilliant!
Gill UK

Thanks everyone.

ilovetogrow, these are two plants together, which (as they get older) I'm hoping will fuse into one.

longaeva54, they all seem pretty easy to grow, but some species are much slower growing than others.

jv44, thanks for the kind comments and I'm happy to have inspired you. I'd love to see what you do with your Adeniums and Agates. I'm sure they will look fantastic!

greenclaws, all were bought as plants, most of which I either grew larger or in some cases pruned shorter before I potted them into the pots they are in now. I actually should have taken pictures earlier in the year when they were all leafed out. Hopefully come this spring I'll do that, so the difference in leaf shape can be seen on all of them.

rcharles, I bought both of these A. sp. Tanzania from Out Of Africa Plants nursery. The A. oleiofolium and the A sp. oman I got from Arid Lands Greenhouses. I think Arid Lands has all 3 of these Adeniums available now. I also love the look of the caudex on sp.Tanzania. Not only it's shape but the caudex has a really nice color to it.
I also have the Adenium pictured below, which I purchased several years ago as Adenium sp. Tanzania, but it has a very different looking caudex. However, both the leaves and the flowers look exactly like the ones on my other Adenium sp. Tanzania, so it must be that species. Maybe it was grown from a cutting and that's why the caudex is different?

I'm curious too, Gill. Particularly I am curious about the age of each plant.

This thread rocks, Pachypode. I bet you have other caudiciforms.

Pagan

Here is a closer look at the caudex.

fakechuchi, I don't know the exact age of any as I did not grow these from seed.
Yes I grow other caudiciforms. My main interest is actually in the genus Pachypodium. Below are two Pachypodium in my collection.

The plant pictured above is Pachypodium saundersii. This one is Pachypodium densiflorum var. brevicalyx

Oh wow. Those are jaw-dropping, Pachypode.

This November will only be my first year in the plant kingdom. Before that, they were all salads to me. One year later after my first adenium. I now have two dorstenias and two pachypodiums--P. gaeyii (I like the metallic look) and a P. brevicaule seedling grafted onto either P. gaeyii or P. lamerei (see photo below). I am trying very hard not to kill any of them this winter.

I was thinking of getting a true Adenium socotranum plant since I already have obesum and arabicum seedlings that I am being impatient about. Out of Africa is the only source I am familiar with. Did you get yours from them as well?

Thank you for these pictures.

Pagan

Pagan,
I wonder if you could get one from Ken Wall of Florida. He is the one that I was able to get true Socotranum seeds from (through Adenium Group).
The other might be Chris Durham, worth a check or call Lithops Greenhouse and ask Gene Joseph.
Rick

Pagan,

Happy plant collecting anniversary! It can be an addictive hobby, but a lot of fun.
I did not get my A. socotranums from Out Of Africa, but I think they have seedlings available now. Also I'm pretty sure Arid Lands Greenhouses has seedlings as well. Both nurserys have reasonable prices for such a slow growing plant.