Name: Desert Rose - Souq Garden
SKU: desert-rose-o
Availability: InStock

Description

Scientific name	Adenium Obesum
Common name	Desert Rose
Temperature requirement	25 -35 °C
Humidity	40-60%
Light	Bright light, but they cannot tolerate direct, scorching sunlight.
Watering	Water everyday &keep moist
Pests	Aphids, mealybugs, scale &while spider mites
Pet friendliness	Toxic to pets and humans
Maximum plant height	12–50 m
Potting mix	Potting soil/Red soil/manure/perlite
Pot requirement	Good drainage & repot every 1-2 years
Nutrition	Apply Manure for first 15 days and NPK for next 15 days
Pruning & training	Remove dead & diseased leaves with sterile shears
Common color & season	crimson red, pink, to pale pink flowers with white or yellowish tubes in spring and summer.
Description	Desert Roses, or adanah in Arabic, are succulent shrubs with irregular shapes, native to northeastern Africa and Arabia. Their fleshy trunks may be buried half or entirely in the soil. They grow slowly to several metres in height with large caudexes. Twisted branches are sparsely covered with obovate, shiny leaves that are up to 8 cm long. They are semi-evergreen and retained in warm conditions. They usually undergo dormancy and drop their leaves in winter. Irrigation should be reduced at this time. Most showy are the stellate flowers in shades of pink and magenta with white throats and a diameter of 5 to 7 cm. They appear in dense clusters in spring until temperature exceeds 40°C. Desert Roses do excellently as indoor or container plants when they receive enough sun and not too much watering. Cuttings root easily, but do not develop the typical fat, bottle-like trunks. Young plants already produce flowers after one year. In rock gardens, Adenium takes full sun and thrives on heat. Pruning usually does not improve the plant’s appearance. If cuts are necessary, they should be done only during the dormancy in winter when the flow of sap is low. The sap is poisonous and is sometimes used on arrows for hunting big game. Decoctions are medically used to treat eczemas and infected wounds. Cultivars also show flowers in deep-red or white. Adenium obesum is the most attractive of twelve species; some are considered subspecies.