What is the difference between mini adenium seeds and ordinary ones. Features of growing adeniums mini

Oleg Georgievskiy 25/04/2011

Photos by Oleg Kovalev and Vladimir Kheygetyan

Adeniums Mini Size relatively 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 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 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.

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.

Mini adeniums grow slowly, have short internodes and compactness. They almost do not require no formation, they branch themselves beautifully, look well-groomed and complete. Flowering is plentiful, almost always "cap". Mini-adeniums are classified according to the color of the flowers - Adenium mini size Red (red flowers), Adenium mini size Pink ( pink flowers), Adenium mini size Sunup Star (white flowers with red edging) and Adenium mini size White (white flowers). There are also variegated forms of mini size adenium and compact growth adeniums with double flowers.
Adenium from the seeds of red mini-adeniums has the darkest foliage, and from the seeds of Adenium mini White - light green:

Same company almost 2 years later:

With age, the green foliage of mini White adenium darkens, but is still lighter than that of mini Red.

It is worth noting that flowering, growth form, size of mini-adenium leaves is almost always individual. Everyone is special :)

For example, from the previous photo (in the background), the adeniums of one crop are noticeably different:

True, it is worth noting that the dwarf was obtained from the seeds of Adenium mini size Red, and the giant - from Adenium mini size Pink.

Care ha adeniums Mini Size

Mini adeniums have a well-branched root system, so watering should be sufficient and the pot not cramped. With insufficient watering and a small pot, leaves are shed or slowed down in growth. I have defined this situation as a “cramped pot”:

This situation happened in July when it was hot and the ground dried up in less than a day. Some mini's tops burned out even in partial shade. And the plants decided to stagnate, dropping the excess and rest. After transplantation, they went into active growth only in September.

Mini Size grows noticeably better with high humidity in the penumbra. In direct sun without shading in the heat, like other adeniums, the tender tops can burn and the leaves get sunburned.

I use coco substrate, zeolite, Seramis clay granulate, agroperlite as constituent components of the soil.

With a regular scheduled transplant, a healthy mini-adenium can become capricious and drop all foliage. Willpower is required to wait for signs of growth without excavation:

Here he is a month later:

But this is more the exception than the rule. Mini-adeniums perceive the transplant well and normally tolerate root pruning, from which you can’t get away with time.

Some mini adeniums branch so strongly that their formation is reduced to the removal of lateral shoots where there is simply no room for them to grow further without deforming.

Mini Adeniums are small branching trees with bright green glossy leaves. Due to their compactness, bright flowers adorn window sills, harmoniously fit into any interior of a city apartment or country house. At proper care trees begin to bloom in the second year of life. Their flowers are amazing and long lasting.

plant varieties

A real mini adenium is never terry, but there are varieties with a compact type of growth - such plants are grown on narrow light windowsills.

Mini size plants branch well, grow slowly and bloom profusely. In turn, they are divided into the following subspecies:

Plant Mini Size Sunup Star blooms with white and pink flowers. As other varieties of dwarf began to appear, it became known as "Morning Star";
Mini Size Pink plant blooms with a pink hue. The flowers are white in the middle. The closer the edge of the petal, the richer and brighter the pink tint appears;
Mini Size Red plant blooms with red flowers with a dark border and a white center. Thanks to a smooth transition from white to scarlet, adenium becomes mysterious and magnificent;
Mini Size White plant is newly bred and blooms white beautiful flowers. Its petals are beautiful with an even outline.

Mini size adeniums differ from each other not only in the color of the flowers, but also different form sheets. Their leaves can be straight and even very twisted.

There is also a mini adenium variety called Richie - it has exotic view. A dwarf-sized tree with four or three leaves on the trunk. If you properly care for the plant, in early spring it can bloom with delicate pink flowers.

Mini plants can grow up to a maximum of 17 centimeters in height. Adenium reaches its maximum height only at the age of five years.

Features of caring for adenium

In order for an adult mini plant to bloom profusely for 12 days, it needs to create right conditions care. Home care for adenium is to create the right lighting, temperature, proper watering and fertilizer, as well as timely transplantation according to the rules.

The plant needs good lighting. In a temperate climate, in addition to sunlight, it is important for the flower to provide additional lighting. But, it is important to protect it from the influence of direct sunlight.

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It is recommended to grow dwarf varieties of adeniums on the southern windowsills. Shade lightly in the summer heat so that the stem of the plant does not get burned. Since it is this part of the flower that is considered more vulnerable. In order for the plant to grow evenly, the container with it must be rotated from time to time.

Temperature regime

In summer, the air temperature should be between 25 - 30 degrees Celsius. It is also recommended to take out the flowerpot to fresh air, to a place protected from rain.

The plant rests with a decrease in temperature and a decrease in the duration of lighting. During this period, adenium mini sheds yellowed foliage. In winter, it is kept in a room with a temperature of at least 10 degrees Celsius, but it is best that it be within 12 - 15 degrees. To prevent the plant from dying, care should be taken to ensure that its roots do not overcool.

Soil for a flower and transplant rules

It is recommended to plant the plant in loose, nutritious, well-permeable air and water soil. It should also be well fertilized with fertilizers with a neutral or sour reaction. Be sure to make a good drainage layer.

The soil for planting or transplanting mini adeniums can be purchased at the store and add a little perlite or vermouth to it. If possible, you can prepare an earth mixture yourself by mixing peat with hardwood or humus, coarse sand and perlite in a ratio of 5:2:1:2.

The nuances of adenium mini transplant:

since the roots of the flower grow quickly, it must be replanted. Otherwise, the rhizomes will be crowded and the flowerpot will disappear;
young adeniums are recommended to be transplanted once a year, and older ones - once every two to three years;
adult flowers are transplanted as the pot is filled with roots;
transplantation is carried out in prepared nutrient soil with drainage.

Thanks to the transplant procedure, the roots will be able to develop better, as a result of which the flower will receive the right amount minerals and trace elements.

Irrigation Features

Adenium should be watered regularly, but not very plentifully. Moderate humidity and comfortable temperature regime will allow the flowerpot to bloom beautifully and profusely.

In winter, the plant is watered with small portions of water once a week. Drying out of the soil or abundant watering leads to root disease. With a lack of moisture, the foliage turns yellow, crumbles, and the adenium itself cannot form buds for flowering.

Growing adenium mini from seeds

The germination of adenium mini seeds is not predictable, even if the seeds are fresh. Since some grains, immediately after harvest, are not viable due to underdevelopment. Therefore, if 60 percent of the sown seeds sprouted, it means that the plant was successfully propagated by seed.

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Experts say that in order to increase germination, the mini-size variety must be pollinated with pollen from the usual adenium variety. But, in this case, 30 percent will be mini, and the rest of the sprouted shoots will be ordinary adeniums. If a mini variety is pollinated with a mini variety, germination will be even worse.

When sown with seeds of the Mini Size Red variety, plants with pink flowers can be obtained, in which the color intensity decreases closer to the throat of the flower.

Seeds of the mini variety germinate later than the seeds of the usual variety of adenium. Seeds can sprout two to three weeks after sowing.

The nuances of growing adenium mini from seeds:

It is necessary to sow seeds in March - April in a container with prepared soil, to a depth of no more than a centimeter.
It is recommended to sow the seeds in a plastic box with a lid. Such a container will allow you to ventilate the seedlings three times a day.
The seeds are placed in holes made with a match. Sprinkling them with earth is not recommended.
Since it is impossible to over-moisten the seedlings in any case, watering must be replaced by spraying.
If the room is 30 degrees Celsius, the first shoots can be seen in a week.
Two months after germination, the sprouts must be planted in separate cups.
It is recommended to feed with special fertilizers for succulents, but not earlier than two months after germination of sprouts.

From three to eight months, mini adeniums begin to branch. The crown does not need to be formed. Cut branches only if you want to change the direction of their growth.

Plants of the mini variety bloom two years after sowing the seeds. Sometimes it happens that plants of the first year of life try to form buds for flowering, but they are quickly shed.

Young plants bloom for 12 days, and adults - throughout the year (because after flowering they bloom again). Even if it is limited to water a flower in winter, keep it in low light, it is not possible to completely stop flowering.

Growing a plant by grafting

The procedure for grafting a plant is carried out only sharp knife. Make them cuts on the rootstock and scion. Combine the selected plants and fasten them with a special tool.

In order for the vaccination to be successful, the procedure is recommended to be carried out at a temperature not lower than 30 degrees Celsius, high humidity, in bright light.

Propagation by cuttings

In order for the adenium mini grafting procedure to be successful, it is recommended to follow the following recommendations:

To root the plant, take cuttings 10 - 15 centimeters long and at least one centimeter in diameter.
It is best to root the cuttings during the active growing season.
A few days before cutting the cutting, water the flower well.
After cutting off the cutting, make a notch in the form of a cross at the place of the cut, which will allow the roots to form in large numbers.
Place the cut stalk in a fungicide solution for several hours. Then powder it with a special powder that allows you to quickly take root. Dry for seven days.
Place in a clean railing, lowering the handle three centimeters into the product. Be sure to water the perlite moderately so that it does not dry out or become too wet;
For rooting, the cutting can be placed in peat mixed with perlite in the same proportion, or in coconut fibers with perlite;
In a month, the cut cuttings will take root. They can be planted in prepared containers.

Adenium mini is a dwarf variety of obese adenium (obesum). It has all the features characteristic of a "tall brother": a thickening in the lower part of the trunk (caudex), gorgeous flowering, and unpretentiousness.

Benefits of miniature varieties

The size

Adenium mini size - perfect option for lovers of exotic flowering succulents, when there is no room left on the windowsill. An adult bush (by 4-5 years) reaches a height of only 20 cm. Undersized varieties have been bred quite recently and are not very common, so you can only buy them with seeds.

The compactness of the miniature allows you not to think about the annual pruning of the tree. Mini varieties branch themselves, in contrast to the "full-sized" options.

Bloom

Dwarf plants will also please with flowering: it often begins from the first year of life and practically does not stop even in winter period with proper care. The size of the flower is also remarkable: 5-7 cm in diameter.

Breeders have not yet been able to bring out the number of shades and patterns of flowers that adenium obese has. There are white, pink, red and white-pink inflorescences.

Secrets of growing "desert roses" from seeds

In order to grow your own "miniature", you should:

Buy seeds of mini adeniums.
Choose containers for sowing: small volume, shallow, individual for each seed.
Prepare the soil - nutritious, but light and loose. Be sure to use expanded clay or pebbles as drainage to prevent moisture stagnation and root rot.
Filling the pot with soil should be incomplete. Be sure to leave about 1 cm of free height for watering.
Pre-soaked (in warm water with the addition of potassium permanganate) for a day, planting material is laid out on the surface of the soil and slightly sunk into it with a light touch. Humidification of an earthy coma is made from a spray gun.
Sown mini adenium seeds should be put in a bag to maintain constant moisture.
The best temperature for germination is 25-30 degrees. Shoots of a miniature variety appear later than the usual "desert rose". After a week or two, sprouts will begin to appear.
Emerging plants are placed on the sunniest windowsill.
Watering seedlings is carried out very carefully, after the soil has completely dried.
Plants are fed twice a month.

Adenium mini - great option for lovers rare plants. Periodic watering and bright sun are the main needs of the culture to obtain abundant long flowering on a dwarf plant.

Adenium Mini Size is a relatively new variety of adeniums, and among the huge variety of adeniums of other varieties, of course, it is quite rare. At first unnoticed among the handsome giants, Mini Size adeniums are now becoming more and more popular among hobbyists.

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.

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 mites, mealybugs.