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MY FAVORITE ADENIUM PLANT IN MY HOME

Common name: Desert Rose Botanical Name: Adenium obesum Family: Apocynaceae

Adenium or "Desert Rose" is an extraordinary tropical plant. The 'obesum' name refers to the large fat base of the plant. The plant looks like a Bonsai, though it is not one. It is almost impossible to stay indifferent in front of this plant. It is excellent in pots especially for people who 'kill everything' as the Adenium obesum lives with little care and can take neglect. Adenium prefers to be kept in a place where there is full sun. Adenium likes warm temperature. As it is very prone to rotting, they require a gritty, well-drained soil. I and my family very like adenium plant. So, in my home, there are many adenium plants. Start from small until big adenium plant. But, only one adenium plant, just I like. Because that my favorite adenium plant is very beautiful. I always water all of my adenium every morning. Allow the plant to dry between watering. Often the bases of the stem become soft when the plant requires watering. Increase

watering when plants are in flower or actively growing. Decrease watering in winter. Leaf drop in a common sign of over watering. And also, I always to manure and to clean disturbing plant (gulma) all of my adenium every month. Adenium plant like as small tree, but have many flowers with many kinds of the colour, variety, and kind. That my favorite adenium lie in big (wide) oval white pot, front terrace in the second floor my home. Adenium is a succulent bush with thick fleshy branches. That my favorite adenium have a tall 50 cm, very big root, big trunk, branches, and have twigs. That root, trunk, branches, twigs have green colour. The leaves are 3 to10 cm long, rather thick, oval, the point is wide at their extremities, and have rather old green colour. That my favorite adenium is unique. Why? Because in one plant there are three different kinds of the flowers colour, that is red (rose), pink, and white. Usually in one kind of plant only have one kind of the flower color. Because that my favorite adenium that is result from cutting / setek, with the other adenium kinds. So, can getting those different kinds of the flowers colour. The plant flowers during the warm months. The flowers are in shades of pink, rose, rose white or white. They are beautiful 2 inch pink open-trumpet shaped flowers. That in my favorite adenium there are four fruits / seeds candidate (bakal buah/biji). The shape is long, oval, the point is sharp and the color is green. If already ripe, and then picked, and open that seed candidate. So, there are many small flat seeds and the colour is old brown.

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Title MY FAVORITE ADENIUM PLANT IN MY HOME General Classification

Common name: Desert Rose Botanical Name: Adenium obesum Family: Apocynaceae Adenium or "Desert Rose" is an extraordinary tropical plant. The 'obesum' name refers to the large fat base of the plant. The plant looks like a Bonsai, though it is not one. It is almost impossible to stay indifferent in front of this plant. It is excellent in pots especially for people who 'kill everything' as the Adenium obesum lives with little care and can take neglect. Adenium prefers to be kept in a place where there is full sun. Adenium likes warm temperature. As it is very prone to rotting, they require a gritty, well-drained soil. Description I and my family very like adenium plant. So, in my home, there are many adenium plants. Start from small until big adenium plant. But, only one adenium plant, just I like. Because that my favorite adenium plant is very beautiful. I always water all of my adenium every morning. Allow the plant to dry between watering. Often the bases of the stem become soft when the plant requires watering. Increase watering when plants are in flower or actively growing. Decrease watering in winter. Leaf drop in a common sign of over watering. And also, I always to manure and to clean disturbing plant (gulma) all of my adenium every month.

Adenium plant like as small tree, but have many flowers with many kinds of the colour, variety, and kind. That my favorite adenium lie in big (wide) oval white pot, front terrace in the second floor my home. Adenium is a succulent bush with thick fleshy branches. That my favorite adenium have a tall 50 cm, very big root, big trunk, branches, and have twigs. That root, trunk, branches, twigs have green colour. The leaves are 3 to10 cm long, rather thick, oval, the point is wide at their extremities, and have rather old green colour. That my favorite adenium is unique. Why? Because in one plant there are three different kinds of the flowers colour, that is red (rose), pink, and white. Usually in one kind of plant only have one kind of the flower colour. Because that my favorite adenium that is result from cutting / setek, with the other adenium kinds. So, can getting those different kinds of the flowers colour. The plant flowers during the warm months. The flowers are in shades of pink, rose, rose white or white. They are beautiful 2 inch pink open-trumpet shaped flowers. That in my favorite adenium there are four fruits / seeds candidate (bakal buah/biji). The shape is long, oval, the point is sharp and the color is green. If already ripe, and then picked, and open that seed candidate. So, there are many small flat seeds and the color is old brown.

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