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lucky1
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Adenium obesumrecovered nicely the next year.
Was just a stump in RONA's bone barrel.

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Favorite pic of it in habitat:

Let's see everyone else's recovered markdowns.

Barb

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Posted : 14/01/2012 12:38 pm
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Wow, Your Adenium looks amazing and giant to my little one!
When does Adenium start to flowering? (In what age I mean)

Here's mine little one 🙂

Keep exoting!
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Posted : 14/01/2012 3:48 pm
lucky1
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I bought mine in 2009, and don't know how old it was then but it was in very sad condition.

Got well quickly when I planted it in gravel (yes, gravel, no soil, just some bark pieces mixed in with perlite).
Needs very very fast drainage like cactus soil, and I watered it only rarely.
I think the trick with succulents is to keep it in an unglazed clay pot, providing conditions similar to its habitat.

One thing I read is that when repotting, only increase the pot size by maybe 1 inch.
And raise the plant slightly with each up-potting, seems to build the water-storing base bigger.

Has only bloomed once for me.

Yours looks very healthy with larger leaves than mine, Godfryd.
Maybe the trick is a bit of abuse...near-death experiences often lead to blossoms.

Barb

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Posted : 14/01/2012 4:15 pm
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Mine was a Musa Acuminata. I dont have pics, but I can tell you it was a stem, with a tiny leaf. I talked down the people there, and they marked it down to 5 bucks. I repotted it, and within a month it recovered really well. The 2 years that followed the thing grew like a weed. I unfortunately had to leave it in calgary.

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Posted : 14/01/2012 4:18 pm
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she's a beauty Barb! Love the flowers.

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Posted : 15/01/2012 8:46 pm
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Awesome flowers, I wish they would grow outside.

I wonder if hummers like em?

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Posted : 15/01/2012 10:22 pm
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