tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post3436881869331306767..comments2024-03-27T07:35:21.832-07:00Comments on Plants are the Strangest People: Cowardly Lion (Adenium obesum)mr_subjunctivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-51437204500542251452021-04-09T02:40:44.955-07:002021-04-09T02:40:44.955-07:00Here in Malaysia (tropics) it was all the rage 20-...Here in Malaysia (tropics) it was all the rage 20-30 years ago. Everyone's mother would have one or two, or more (my mother had 5, if I remember correctly. She still has 2 of them now). <br /><br />With our full sun, the plants would flower endlessly. This plant is my worst nightmare because it is usually infested with caterpillars if you so much as forgot to do a thorough check once every aihuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07317701672041099293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81686783149646032652017-11-26T13:24:29.702-08:002017-11-26T13:24:29.702-08:00Almost a decade late to the party, but I've us...Almost a decade late to the party, but I've used adeniums as experimental plants in terrible ways. It's hard to kill one, they grow consistently from seeds you find online, and you can hard prune them down to nothing every June, so shaping is a breeze. But as you've mentioned, they drop leaves and buds and after 9 years, my biggest adenium has only rebloomed once. I'm mostly usingSpyarchivehttp://twitter.com/spyarchivenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-1666947401328982502016-09-07T14:11:56.676-07:002016-09-07T14:11:56.676-07:00I loved the post! I always liked this tree but I d...I loved the post! I always liked this tree but I didn't know so much about it. Thanks and good job! Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09087373169866962915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10637719905285456652016-04-02T08:10:04.682-07:002016-04-02T08:10:04.682-07:00Thank-you so much! My husband and I bought gorgeou...Thank-you so much! My husband and I bought gorgeous Adeniums when we were living in AZ. We paid a lot for the gorgeous, flowering, twisted trunks. As soon as we brought them the 1/2 mile home and put them on our full-sun porch, my husbands' dropped all it's flowers and then leaves. His has a fuzzier, rounder leaf than mine. Mine lost its flowers quickly but held onto most of its leaves. Bibowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10167291349051059532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-54969091589664788262015-09-20T05:05:49.678-07:002015-09-20T05:05:49.678-07:00Wonderful article! Made me laugh and feel better a...Wonderful article! Made me laugh and feel better about my bald plant.kalisgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14321606383086001210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-10079050339443956562015-09-08T04:38:42.299-07:002015-09-08T04:38:42.299-07:00Thank you so much for a very entertaining and enli...Thank you so much for a very entertaining and enlightening piece of information! Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05118746117165207118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-88727797340911429502014-12-27T15:19:33.874-08:002014-12-27T15:19:33.874-08:00Megan Rutherford:
I really have no idea. My guess...Megan Rutherford:<br /><br />I really have no idea. My guess is that the plant is probably done for either way, so go with your instincts on whether or not to cut, and try not to get your hopes too high. mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26774966676313417152014-12-27T09:54:36.521-08:002014-12-27T09:54:36.521-08:00One of my plants got frost bit. I brought it in an...One of my plants got frost bit. I brought it in and cut off the soft shriveled limbs hoping the rot would go away. There is now a soft spot in the main caudex. Should I try to cut out that spot or leave it?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233712177145435212noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-4740121246950374992013-10-22T12:42:21.311-07:002013-10-22T12:42:21.311-07:00I have about 50 seedlings of Adenium obesum and th...I have about 50 seedlings of Adenium obesum and this blog made me laugh! The germinate really, really easy from seed and the best seller is "adenium_ko" on ebay. All you need to do is soak them for 6 hours!<br />Stressed plants attract aphids where i live. If I don't water enough the caudexes shrivel and almost die. The leaves dropping is not a problem for me though, maybe when the Julietnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-81228798868879597862013-10-08T12:57:37.547-07:002013-10-08T12:57:37.547-07:00I laughed a lot reading your blog, because its so ...I laughed a lot reading your blog, because its so true. They are finicky plants. Hard to kill (though I have killed a few) but are finicky. (Whenever they get stressed, there go the leaves!) Despite this, I've accumulated a half dozen and keep trying (I still have the original that almost bloomed this year. Something happened and the blooms fell off! LOL) I do enjoy looking at the trunks Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-86589227439278479702013-05-24T06:51:18.793-07:002013-05-24T06:51:18.793-07:00I love these plants. I have over 130 of them (app ...I love these plants. I have over 130 of them (app 100 of these I grew from seeds) sitting on the roof where they get lots of sun and rain.They grow very quickly if planted in large pots. I grow the common pink-flowered obesum for grafting purposes. It is best to graft in the summer when they are in rapid growth. The grafts have always failed when done when the plants are entering dormancy or Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-78740559324285444232013-05-01T04:17:42.101-07:002013-05-01T04:17:42.101-07:00I got mine from a local wal-mart sort of store and...I got mine from a local wal-mart sort of store and it was in a poor state. Since I live in an apartment, I kept it in and during winter (which is really cold here, temperatures drop below 15°C; not much of sun either) it shed quite a few leaves (not all of them though). It still does pretty well on my windowsill and is about to flower now. I water it once or twice a week and keep the temperature Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13283212544002839855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-53411975666963783372013-02-25T18:05:31.587-08:002013-02-25T18:05:31.587-08:00I have two adenium obesums, one dropped its leaves...I have two adenium obesums, one dropped its leaves because i made it drop them because it was recommended by someone for them to go dormant. It's almost march now and it grew leaves back so fast! and i can see baby ones coming through, this adenium has long and very narrow leaves. My second adenium is younger and never lost its leaves, it has really shiny dark green spoon shaped leaves. The Katerinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18161171376071131759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-56098131922193496492012-04-10T15:33:04.431-07:002012-04-10T15:33:04.431-07:00not sure if u've seen this video: http://www.y...not sure if u've seen this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_yBmFfNun9E<br /><br />some are really nice. some are out of proportion.Didier Tinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04745862545997564095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-26185684166106016752012-03-14T03:34:43.848-07:002012-03-14T03:34:43.848-07:00The care you advise on your blog should be produci...The care you advise on your blog should be producing healthy Adeniums. I bought mine about a month and a half ago, and I keep it near a south-facing window for full sun (I also have several grow lights shining on it). Except when I got bored with it and didn't care for it at all, it has thrived and has started to flower (light-pink petals and a dark-pink throat).Stephennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-71365714508655644142009-10-05T11:27:12.468-07:002009-10-05T11:27:12.468-07:00By the way, I heard you can get seeds in Canada- a...By the way, I heard you can get seeds in Canada- a friend of mine had some delivered to his house and grew out quite a few- in case you were wondering! :o)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02414814639092395872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-11410057360166020752009-10-05T11:23:55.347-07:002009-10-05T11:23:55.347-07:00I have one of the red ones. I've had it for cl...I have one of the red ones. I've had it for close to 3 years now, and the problem I had was under-watering it! The tips of the leaves started to get brownish, and it lost a few of them, but no more than 10. It now keeps on growing and growing, sprouting flowers and dividing its braches and just being massive. I've had to re-pot it to a roundish-pot double the size of the last one, and I Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02414814639092395872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-59262366799952250452009-10-03T19:21:35.986-07:002009-10-03T19:21:35.986-07:00Well, my guess would be that it probably was proba...Well, my guess would be that it probably <i>was</i> probably just a reaction to the transplanting (Vanillalotus's comment suggests that they don't like changes in their environment, and a transplant would count.), and possibly also the change in season, and they'll be fine eventually. I wouldn't worry too much unless the stems turn mushy.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-89933583126355305042009-10-03T18:38:48.167-07:002009-10-03T18:38:48.167-07:00I recently sprouted some Adenium arabicum from see...I recently sprouted some Adenium arabicum from seed (because apparently there is something else they can sprout from) and they grew very well until I decided to transplant them. Now they've just been sitting there for about 3 weeks doing nothing other than changing colour from a lovely green to a brilliant yellow *die inside*. <br /><br />The largest one is about two inches tall (about a Aaerelonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04129994850811861751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-6532536910484581912009-01-06T23:34:00.000-08:002009-01-06T23:34:00.000-08:00I love these. My three plants are currently trying...I love these. My three plants are currently trying to leaf out and I'm trying to get them to stop. <BR/><BR/>I think it is part of the appeal with them they do what they want when they want and there is nothing you can do about it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-59885380013483045182009-01-06T16:46:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:46:00.000-08:00Okay, now that's just disturbing.Okay, now that's just disturbing.mr_subjunctivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14113199755474482747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-13684453814294301072009-01-06T16:40:00.000-08:002009-01-06T16:40:00.000-08:00Here this might change the view of Adenium without...Here this might change the view of Adenium without so much foliage.<BR/>ENJOY!<BR/>:http://members.iinet.net.au/~jold/bia/articles/adenium.shtmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-55129366796902859872008-12-28T11:51:00.000-08:002008-12-28T11:51:00.000-08:00i have a little adenium obesum that I got from a s...i have a little adenium obesum that I got from a succulent show, it was grown from seed. It lost it's leaves when I brought it home but I kept it. It did good on my window sill but not that great. So I moved it outside and it did wonderful until I moved it back inside in fear of the freeze killing it. Then it lost all it's leaves, got back it leaves, then my husband opened up the window to let Priscilla Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12353263318112375137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-50877527336282861112008-12-26T12:35:00.000-08:002008-12-26T12:35:00.000-08:00I've never tried to grow one but the information i...I've never tried to grow one but the information is interesting. I'm not found of prima donna plants so it's unlikely I'll ever seek one out, pretty tho they are. I admire plants with a strong sense of survival;)<BR/>MarnieRoses and Lilacshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07121676379580186489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2481706068105246695.post-4916892889247889612008-12-26T08:11:00.000-08:002008-12-26T08:11:00.000-08:00I really like mine. My first one sneezed a little...I really like mine. My first one sneezed a little more than a day or two after getting it home, and of course all the leaves went everywhere. But it came back fine, and the second one didn't have that problem. Maybe because it had company, or just being healthier to start. But they haven't done it again since, I've had them for about 2 years now. They lose leaves - but never the full blown Lancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17953459540634785074noreply@blogger.com