Adenium is exotic and very attractive. ornamental plant. It differs in brightness and attractiveness of inflorescences and leaves.
So, one of the features is the red-black or yellow-white leaf color characteristic of some species of this plant.
The plant gained enormous popularity among florists mainly due to its rich scarlet color.
However, there are petals and other shades: yellow and red-black, pink with white. To the touch they are terry, and also smooth.
Its peculiarity is called juice, which stands out during cutting, - in it contains toxic matter.
As a room culture, such exotics became known quite recently, but very soon became widespread. Its reproduction is considered fashionable.
A photo
Then you can see the popular types of adeniums in the photo:
Kinds
Recently, professional growers distinguish ten of the most popular varieties. They are assigned the following names:
Adenium is fat
Adenium obese is also known as suckling (obsessum). Its trunk develops at a relatively slow speed and gradually lignifies over time. Branched upper part sometimes reaches a height of about one and a half meters.
Thick, fleshy stem of the bottle has a grayish-brown color. Leaves leathery, elongated. The flowers of this species are white, pinkish and red, collected in small corymbose inflorescences. Very popular varieties of plants like: adenium mini size mix and super noble concubine.
Arabicum
Arabicum flowers usually pink, rarely white. Dignity that attracts flower growers all over the world - wide caudex, appearing at an early age, and fleshy prikaudeksnye roots.
It should be noted that when growing adenium arabicum from seed, the tree has thick powerful caudex.
This type of adenium and hybrids based on it are most often grown in bonsai style, and most of the vaccines are taken on its caudex.
Next you can see Adenium Arabicum in the photo:
Multicolor
It is characterized by a very strong abundance of bells. The stem is slightly woody, its thickness is about a meter, and height - 2.5 meters.
Bohmianum
A feature called flowers with a corolla tube and throat, having a purple color. The color of the petals can be as white with a delicate bluish tinge, and serenovo-pink.
Oleifolium
Represents very rare species, therefore it can be met infrequently on window sills. Its appearance is not much different from the Somali adenium.
It has olive leaves with an elongated shape. These tiny inflorescences resemble bells and attracts with a soft peach shade.
Somali
Very common. The following differences are peculiar to it: long and narrow leaves, small bell-shaped inflorescences with a pinkish tinge, lanky and tall stem.
is he does not require any special rules of care and blooms with a certain regularity.
Difficult (Swazicum)
In a culture called adenium Swazicum. Characteristic of him compact sizegrows relatively slowly and often its height does not exceed fifty centimeters. Leaves are pubescent, and petals are highlighted in bright pink. The flowering period falls on July.
Socotran (Socotranum)
Representatives of the species are quite deservedly considered to be little-spread and too capricious, demanding in conditions of development and too difficult to care for. They grow very slowly and have a very thick caudex.
As a rule, Adenium Socotranum has a unbranched stem. Petals are pink, beautifully shaped, but sockets appear extremely rarely.
Terry
Adenium terry distributed in several varieties, the main difference of which lies in the double or triple the number of petals in the corolla of flowers.
Another difference - the parameters of the flowers themselves, because usually their diameter does not exceed five centimetersHowever, sometimes there are flowers with diameters of about eight centimeters. To the touch the petals are fleshy, dense.
Then you can see Adenium Terry in the photo:
Anouk
For adenium, Anouk is characterized by a bit elongated leaves. They are thick and fleshy. The trunk noticeably compresses over time, and grows to a height of about fifty centimeters.
Beautiful rosettes painted pink and scarlet hue. Early flowering, and the number of flowers is quite large.
This type is ideal for growing in room conditions.
Mini Grades
Adenium mini is called the most genuine genetic dwarf, which brought the Taiwanese breeders more than ten years ago. To date, there are four varieties that differ from each other in color:
1. The Mini Size Pink Adenium is distinguished by pink flowers;
2. Mini Size Red Adenium with red petals;
3. Mini Size White Adenium - the newest variety with buds of pure white;
4. Mini Size Sunup Star - beautiful bells of pinkish-white color.
Then you can see a photo of Adenium mini:
Adenium - unpretentious ornamental plant. It is distributed in several varieties with different colors and shapes.
To care for him not required any special effort you just need to ensure the arrival of sunlight and regular watering.
Observing the right growing conditions, the likelihood of Adenium disease is low.
