Small, bright flowers decorating the window sills of city apartments and country houses Mini Adeniums are charming little branching trees with a wide caudex at the base and leaves that look like bright green glossy paper. They are compact, fit perfectly into the interior of any home, filling it with an atmosphere of harmony, comfort and peace. If their care is organized correctly, at home, mini adeniums bloom in the second year of life and delight their owner with a long and delightful flowering.
To learn more about these amazing flowers, which occupy a special place among all adeniums, let's get to know them better.
Adeniums mini are different, but have a lot in common
In nature, their relative - the giant adenium reaches two meters, and the height of the mini, like other dwarf plants, is small - only about 17 centimeters. They reach such sizes by the age of five and represent an original ornamental tree in a pot. But all year round they allow you to admire their bright, rosebud-like flowers. As a result of the painstaking work of breeders, mini adeniums are currently represented by different varieties:
- White. The variety was bred one of the last. Its large white flowers amaze with their beauty and smooth outline of the petals, so Mini White is in the first place in popularity;
- Pink. Adenium mini variety Pink blooms gently pink. The middle is white. There is no clear border of the color transition, the color becomes richer and brighter towards the edge.
- red. Scarlet flowers have a dark border and a white core. A smooth transition from white to scarlet makes such an adenium mini even more mysterious and magnificent.
On Mini of any variety, several flowers bloom at the same time, covering the plant with bright, colorful decoration. Florists prefer to propagate mini by grafting or seeds.
I would like to say a few words about Richie's Monadenium. An ornamental plant is becoming more and more popular due to its exotic look. Like all minis, it is dwarfed, there is a caudex on the lower fragment of the trunk, and the trunk itself looks like a hill of “bumps” with three to four leaves on top. In early spring, with a good content, gently pink flowers appear at the top.
How to organize care
As for adenium obese, the main requirement at home is good lighting. These plants are similar, so the requirements for growing them are the same. Their homeland is the Arabian Peninsula, so they tolerate high temperature air and bright light.
In order for the plant to bloom as long as possible at home, in a temperate climate, flowers need additional lighting. The substrate should be loose, nutritious, well pass air and water. An important condition for Mini is good drainage.
Don't be surprised if a flower emerges from the caudex. The beginning of flowering depends on how well you organized the care of the Mini. Some specimens bloom in the first year of life, although this does not last long, there are mini ones that are in no hurry to pamper their owners.
If you have organized the care correctly and at home Mini feels good, an adult flower will bloom for twelve days.
What you need to remember for proper care
Proper care at home consists in good lighting, regular but not abundant watering, moderate humidity and temperature control.
Drying out of the earth, as well as abundant watering, lead to a disease of the root system, from which the plant may die. If the plant suffers from a lack of moisture, the leaves on it begin to turn yellow and crumble, and flowering is delayed for an indefinite period.
Care includes transplanting the flower into a new, larger pot. The root system grows quickly, and if it is crowded, the flower will die. This happens if several flowers are planted in one pot. Young plants are transplanted once a year, those that are older - once every two or three years. Adult flowers need to be repotted as they become crowded in a pot. Transplanting is not only about getting more space for root growth and development. It is also providing the root at home with all the necessary minerals and trace elements.
In winter, the flower cannot be watered, but this is done very carefully, in small portions, once every seven days.
Growing flowers from seeds at home
Seed germination is very difficult to predict, but still consider how this is done. Seeds are planted in March - April to a depth of no more than a centimeter. If there is no special container, a small plastic box with a lid can be used for this purpose, so that two or three times a day there is an opportunity to ventilate. Excessive moisture at home is dangerous for seeds, so spraying is used instead of watering.
At a temperature of about 30 degrees, seedlings may appear in a week. Two months after germination, seedlings are seated and fed with fertilizer for succulents.
Growing adenium is not an easy, but very interesting activity, it brings a lot of pleasant minutes to flower lovers.
Adenium Mini Size comparatively new variety adeniums and among the huge variety of adeniums of other varieties, of course, quite rare. At first unnoticed among the handsome giants, Mini Size adeniums are now becoming more and more popular among hobbyists.
Adenium Mini Size is a bonsai in a pot. Adeniums of this variety grow very slowly. It will take approximately 3-5 years for your adenium to become a true bonsai. By this age, the plant grows to a height of only 12-17 cm and looks very decorative even without flowers.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of cross-pollination with other varieties of adeniums that the varietal characteristics of mini adeniums are not quite stable in color and flower shape, and lovers can get quite original and unusual flowers for this variety.
Lighting.
Adeniums mini need direct sunlight. So the best place for him in the house - the southern windows. But even in spite of such light-loving, during the summer heat it is better to shade it slightly in order to avoid burning the trunk (this is his weakness). The pot with the plant should be periodically rotated for uniform plant growth.
Temperature.
Adenium mini is thermophilic, in summer it feels good at a temperature of 25-30 ° C. With a decrease in daylight hours and air temperature, the growth of adenium mini slows down, it falls into a dormant period.
During this period, for the most part, the leaves turn yellow and fall off. During winter dormancy, the optimum temperature is 12-15°C, not lower than 10°C. In the warm season, it is recommended to take it out into the fresh air (balcony, terrace).
Watering and air humidity.
In summer, watering is moderate with drying of the substrate between waterings; in winter, watering is significantly reduced. If it is not possible to provide him with a cold wintering, and he is kept at normal room temperature, the plant should be watered after the soil has completely dried.
Lack of watering for 3 weeks, in winter in adenium mini, can lead to an almost complete loss of foliage and softening of the caudex. As a result, the plant will get out of this state for a very long and painful time, it will be difficult to grow new foliage and may stop flowering up to 8 months.
Adeniums do not need spraying.
Formation.
Mini adeniums, unlike their larger counterparts, begin to branch very early - usually from 3-8 months. Crown formation is not required, except in cases where it is necessary to change the direction of growth of the plant's branches.
Bloom.
Usually, Mini Size adeniums begin to bloom at the age of 2-3 years. However, it is not uncommon for adeniums of this variety to bloom (or try to bloom by forming buds, but then dropping them) even at the age of one year. The diameter of the flower is 5-7 cm. Depending on the conditions, the flower stays on the plant for 5-12 days.
An adult plant is able to bloom without ceasing all year round. Even winter maintenance with limited watering and lack of light and heat, while limiting flowering, is often unable to stop it completely.
Fertilizers.
Once every 2-3 weeks with a cactus fertilizer or an all-purpose fertilizer at half the dose.
Transfer.
It is best to transplant mini adenium as needed (for adult plants), young ones - annually. Transplantation is carried out in spring or summer.
At the same time, it must be taken into account that root system develops in breadth, so the pot should be shallow, but wide enough. To avoid overheating of the earth, for transplanting, it is better to take a light pot (when kept on a sunny windowsill).
PH neutral, light (universal or for cacti peat soil, coconut briquette) with the addition of a large (up to 50%) amount of rippers (perlite, sand, fine expanded clay, brick chips, vermiculite, charcoal etc.).
Reproduction.
Cuttings, layering during the growing season, seeds at any time of the year.
Adenium seeds of this variety germinate, usually later than ordinary adenium seeds. Moreover, it is quite normal if the seeds of adenium mini sprouted 2-3 weeks after sowing (which, in general, is not typical for adenium seeds), although shoots are quite possible after 4-5 days.
Precautionary measures.
Adenium is poisonous. Be sure to wash your hands after handling it.
Main pests: spider mite, mealybug.
Oleg Georgievskiy 25/04/2011
Photos by Oleg Kovalev and Vladimir Kheygetyan
Adeniums Mini Size is a relatively new variety of adeniums and among the huge variety of adeniums of other varieties, of course, quite rare. At first unnoticed among the handsome giants, Mini Size adeniums are now becoming more and more popular among hobbyists.
Adenium Mini Size Sunup Star, age - 3.5 years.
Adenium Mini Size- a real genetic dwarf. There are currently four varieties of Mini Size Adenium.
Adenium Mini Size Sunup Star with white pink flowers can be considered the ancestor of this series. It received its name - "Morning Star" a little later, when other varieties of this dwarf appeared.
Adenium Mini Size Pink- a variety with pink flowers.
Adenium Mini Size Red- a variety with red flowers.
Adenium Mini Size White- a new variety with white flowers. Currently the rarest of the Mini Size adeniums. According to the information from the manufacturer of these varieties of adeniums, sufficient genetic resistance of this variety has not yet been achieved with seed propagation and therefore the sale of seeds is produced in very limited quantities.
The germination of seeds of these varieties of adeniums is quite unpredictable even with fresh seeds, because some of the seeds are not viable immediately after harvest (due to their underdevelopment). Therefore, seed germination of 60-70% can be considered good for this variety. According to the information from the manufacturer of adeniums, in order to increase the germination, Mini Size adeniums are pollinated with pollen from ordinary adeniums, but then the mini yield is not more than 30%, the rest is ordinary large-sized ones. If you pollinate mini on mini, germination will deteriorate. Indeed, when sowing relatively large batches of Mini adenium seeds, ordinary adeniums and semi-dwarfs can also grow from seeds. However, I think that the seed producer is playing it safe in this case - the repeatability of the variety from seeds is very high.
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Perhaps, it is precisely because of cross-pollination with other varieties of adeniums that the varietal characteristics of mini adeniums are not quite stable in color and flower shape, and lovers can get quite original and unusual flowers for this variety.
Adenium seedlings Mini Size.
Adenium seeds of this variety germinate, usually later than ordinary adenium seeds. Moreover, it is quite normal if the seeds of adenium Mini sprouted 2-3 weeks after sowing (which, in general, is not typical for adenium seeds), although shoots are quite possible after 4-5 days.
Adenium Mini Size is a bonsai in a pot. Adeniums of this variety grow very slowly. It will take approximately 3-5 years for your adenium to become a true bonsai. By this age, the plant grows to a height of only 12-17 cm and looks very decorative even without flowers.
Adeniums Mini, unlike their larger counterparts, begin to branch very early - usually from 3-8 months. Crown formation is not required, except in cases where it is necessary to change the direction of growth of the plant's branches.
Usually, Mini Size adeniums begin to bloom at the age of 2-3 years. However, it is not uncommon for adeniums of this variety to bloom (or try to bloom by forming buds, but then dropping them) even at the age of one year. The diameter of the flower is 5-7 cm. Depending on the conditions, the flower stays on the plant for 5-12 days.
An adult plant is able to bloom without ceasing all year round. Even winter maintenance with limited watering and lack of light and heat, while limiting flowering, is often unable to stop it completely.
In general, caring for Mini Size adeniums is not particularly different from caring for other varieties of Adenium obese. However, a relatively small caudex and a large total surface area for evaporating leaves require more balanced watering. I would also not recommend keeping mini adeniums dry in winter with leaf fall and very little watering, especially if this leads to a significant softening of the caudex. Not watering for 3 weeks in the winter on my 4 year old adenium mini resulted in almost complete loss of foliage and softening of the caudex. As a result, the plant came out of this state for a very long time and painfully, with difficulty growing new foliage and stopped flowering for almost 8 months.
Growing this variety of adeniums from seeds is an interesting and exciting activity for flower lovers, causing a lot of positive emotions. In addition, this plant is ideal for our small window sills.
Adenium Mini (Mini Size) - dwarf succulent branching tree, with a wide caudex, blooming at 2 years old. The plant is of exceptional interest for breeding due to the instability of varietal characteristics in the form of a flower and its color.
Mini Size has a stunning decorative effect. This dwarf bush blooms, growing up to 17 cm in height, all year round. A bright flower, similar to a rosebud, reaches 7 cm in diameter.
Types of Adenium Mini
From the original variety "Morning Star" (Sunup Star), all other varieties of Adenium Mini Size were obtained:
- white (White) - a new, most unstable and beautiful variety with absolutely white flowers;
- pink (Pink) - the petals are painted in shades of pink;
- red (Red) - a corolla of saturated scarlet color with a dark border.
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On all Minis, several buds can bloom at the same time, covering the bush with a cap of flowers. Multiply better seeds or vaccination.
Caring for Mini Size
The plant needs the sun to abundant flowering. In mid-latitudes, backlighting may be required even on southern windows. The soil must be loose. You can use a mixture for cacti with the addition of agroperlite and vermiculite (up to 30% by volume).
The flower may appear directly from the caudex. Mini's bloom different ages, the first buds may appear even in annual specimens, but most often the plant immediately discards them.
An adult Mini flower lasts up to 12 days. Improper care leads to the cessation of flowering.
care mistakes
- Overdrying is a common mistake that causes leaf drop and prolonged dormancy;
- an earthen ball does not dry out from watering to watering;
- planting several seedlings together, close planting - for flowering you need a powerful root system, a wide pot;
- dry content in winter.
Growing from seed
Seeds are planted all year round, but it is best to do this in April. As a ready-made greenhouse for growing Adenium Mini, plastic packaging for cakes is taken from seeds.
The soil mixture is poured in a thin layer, the humidity is regulated by airing 2-3 times a day. Watered by spraying, overflow can cause decay.
They make shallow grooves with a match, put seeds in them, without sprinkling them with earth and without deepening them into the soil. The germination temperature is approximately +30 ± 3 ° C, shoots appear in a week.
Seedlings do not need to be fertilized until 2 months after germination. Subsequently, they are seated, fed with fertilizer for cacti.
