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Adenium obesum 'Ice Pink' - 'Ice Pink' Desert Rose
By Delonix1
- 17 May, 2009
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This Desert Rose var 'Ice Pink' I purchased in October of last year...and it has bloomed 3 times since. Photo taken May 14, 2009.
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beautiful
17 May, 2009
Thanks for the comments! It's only in the house for a couple more days...It grows outside and all the buds and flowers will fall off if kept in the house for more than a week. It has to have the hot full sun to do well.
17 May, 2009
What a lovely pink Andy......I hope that when mine eventually flower, they will look half as beautiful as yours...........then I will be pleased
17 May, 2009
Beautiful flower
17 May, 2009
Milky:
Thanks for the compliment! This is actually a named variety or hybrid. Your plant will probably have the flowers like my other plant that I've posted in the past.
Aleyna:
I would think this would grow very well where you live. Does it?
18 May, 2009
Andy:
I'm not sure about have seen these plants here.
It seemed like "espirradeiras" to me, but checking the botanical name I found they are Nerium oleander, not the same plant.
18 May, 2009
Aleyna:
They are not a Nerium oleander, they are in the Apocyanaceae family...which is the same family Oleander is in.
18 May, 2009
Beautiful Andy. I hope the leaves don't fall off mine. Why do they fall? Is it too humid or cool inside for it?
22 May, 2009
Gilli:
Desert rose will go dormant in late winter or early spring...when it loses all its leaves. Then it will bud and bloom. This is very typical of this plant.
I can only keep mine in the house for about 4 or 5 days...or the flowers and buds will fall off. The reason is because it grows outside all year in full sun...and doesn't like the adjustment to lower light levels.
22 May, 2009
Oh, I see Andy. That explains things. I thought for a moment they didn't like growing indoors. LOL
23 May, 2009
Gilli:
I know even when Desert Rose is grown as a house plant it prefers high-light levels to bloom well.
23 May, 2009
They are growing under lights in my "grow op" at the moment. They seem to like it.
23 May, 2009
Gilli:
Do they bloom for you in the house?
23 May, 2009
I don't know yet Andy. They are still just past the seedling stage. The biggest one is still only 2.5" tall. They are looking good though.
25 May, 2009
Gilli:
Are they seedlings? If so, they will take 1 to 3 years before blooming.
25 May, 2009
Andy:
They are seedlings. Just planted last December some time. I expected them to take a while before they flowered.
29 May, 2009
Gilli:
They should bloom fairly small. My Adenium obesum (not the one in this photo) bloomed as a very small plant the first year I purchased it...however, I don't know how old the plant was when I purchased it.
29 May, 2009
That is one of the joys of gardening. You never know what's going to happen. :o)
29 May, 2009
Gilli:
That's very true! It's ironic you bring this point up...I posted a photo of one
my African Tulip trees which is very small only 2 feet/ 61 cm and it's blooming already...I have never seen such a small plant bloom.
30 May, 2009
Oooo....sounds great. I'm off to look at the pic. :o)
30 May, 2009
Beautiful shade of pink Andy.
28 Jan, 2011
Sixpence:
Thanks! :>)
29 Jan, 2011
:o)) Your welcome Andy
29 Jan, 2011
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Still gorgeous.
17 May, 2009