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This flower is the crowning event of a very strangely shaped succulent. Its trunk looks for-all-the-world like a woman's body!
All year this woody stem sits by expectantly, then suddenly up comes a shoot that produces this marvelous, golden-throated, rosy petaled tissuey flower!
Desert Rose or Adenium Obesum Multiflorum
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
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Adenium obesum, more commonly known as a desert rose, is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to the tribe Nerieae of the subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It is native to the Sahel regions south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and also the Arabian Peninsula. Other names for the flower include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, and impala lily. Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions.
Description
It is an evergreen or drought-deciduous succulent shrub (which can also lose its leaves during cold spells, or according to the subspecies or cultivar). It can grow to 0.12–5 m (0.39–16.40 ft) in height, with pachycaul (disproportionately large) stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex (a rootstock that protrudes from the soil). The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots, simple entire, leathery in texture, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) broad. The flowers are tubular, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, with the outer portion 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) diameter with five petals, resembling those of other related genera such as Plumeria and Nerium. The flowers tend to be red and pink, often with a whitish blush outward of the throat.
Taxonomy
Some taxonomies consider some other species in the genus to be subspecies of Adenium obesum.
Subspecies
Adenium obesum subsp. oleifolium (South Africa, Botswana)
Adenium obesum subsp. socotranum (Socotra)
Adenium obesum subsp. somalense (Eastern Africa)
Adenium obesum subsp. swazicum (Eswatini, South Africa)
Adenium swazicum is a critically endangered African species native to Eswatini and Mozambique, growing up to 0.7 m (2.29 ft) tall.
Adenium somalense is also native to Africa, inhabiting Tanzania, Kenya, and Somalia, and reaching heights of 5 m (16.40 ft), which makes it the largest of these four subspecies.
Adenium socotranum is native exclusively to the island of Socotra, and can grow to be 4.6 m (15 ft), but despite its small range, it is of least concern regarding endangerment.
Adenium oleifolium is near threatened in the wild and is the smallest of these subspecies, growing at the tallest to 0.4 m (1.31 ft).
Ecology
Caterpillars of the polka-dot wasp moth (Syntomeida epilais) are known to feed on the desert rose, along with feeding on oleanders.
In areas with year-round warm weather, they can bloom throughout the year.
Uses
Adenium obesum produces a sap in its roots and stems that contains cardiac glycosides. This sap is used as arrow poison for hunting large game throughout much of Africa and as a fish toxin.
Cultivation
Adenium obesum is a popular houseplant and bonsai in temperate regions. It requires a sunny location and a minimum indoor temperature in winter of 10 °C (50 °F). It thrives on a xeric watering regime as required by cacti. A. obesum is typically propagated by seed or stem cuttings. The numerous hybrids are propagated mainly by grafting on to seedling rootstock. While plants grown from seed are more likely to have the swollen caudex at a young age, with time many cutting-grown plants cannot be distinguished from seed-grown plants. Like many plants, Adenium obesum can also be propagated in vitro using plant tissue culture.
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Symbolic and cultural references
The species has been depicted on postage stamps issued by various countries.
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Took the photo at Huahin, Thailand.
This flower is the crowning event of a very strangely shaped succulent. It's trunk looks for-all-the-world like a woman's body! All year this woody stem sits by expectantly and then suddenly up comes at shoot that produces this marvelous, golden-throated, rosy stamen flower!
Look closely at it's hairy filaments and rippling glowing edges.
Yes, hard to believe that this delicate pink edged flower has emerged from the fleshy succulent pictured below. You never know, do you?
Desert Rose is easy to bonsai. I have had one for 20 years and every year I cut it back to enjoy the contours of its fleshy root/stem. Every Spring it flowers profusely like an ancient Chinese cherry tree.
Desert rose has become a popular ornamental garden plant. Adeniums are succulent, tropical plants. They are distinctive among the class because they develop a caudex, or swollen trunk. All succulent plants have some sort of water storage system, be it leaves, stems or roots. In desert rose, the trunk swells to conserve moisture for times of drought. A nice fat trunk is an indicator of plant health. Adenium plants are native to regions with poor, gritty soil and hot, sunny climates.
Desert Rose or Adenium obesum multiflorum
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
The night flowers bloomed
The air so sweet
I remember you
I remember me
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I remember the night
I remember the sound
I remember the light
When the moon came 'round
I remember you
I remember me
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Mandara, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Whilst the Flame lilies were a bit of a flop this year, the Sabi Stars promise to put on quite a display.
Hadaee mada tawila
Wa ana nahos ana wahala ghzalti
(Oh night oh night ,It has been a long time
And I am looking for myself and my loved one)
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This desert rose
Each of her veils, a secret promise
This desert flower
No sweet perfume ever tortured me more than this
And as she turns
This way she moves in the logic of all my dreams
This fire burns
I realize that nothing's as it seems
I dream of rain
I dream of gardens in the desert sand
I wake in vain
I dream of love as time runs through my hand
I dream of rain
I lift my gaze to empty skies above
I close my eyes
This rare perfume is the sweet intoxication of her love
Omry feek antia
Ma ghair antia
(My life is for you
And no one other than you)
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This is the 'winter' Impala Lily (Adenium Obesum), the 'summer' one has pale pink rounded flowers and is used for medicinal purposes and poached nearly to extinction...
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One of my Wife's Desert Roses (Adenium obesum) taken in our backyard.
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Just enjoying the sunlit wild roses down by the lake...
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) ~ Miami, Florida U.S.A.
Spring 2015 ~ South Florida ~ Dade County
(four more photos of this flower in the comments)
Adeniums have many spectacular hybrids. The basic culture is very similar to orchids. A small pot with excellent drainage is a must. Adeniums do not like both over-watering or drying-out. There is a little secret of how to create a weird shape of the base: lift the plant a bit every time you re-pot the plant, so that the upper part of roots will be a little exposed. The plant will form more roots that will go down. To make your plant develop a large swollen base/trunk, you'll need a good quality fertilizer. Fertilizer requirement for swelling up trunks is also used to increase flowering. It shouldn't be too high in nitrogen, the middle number should be the highest. Never apply fertilizer directly on roots and do not liquid feed when a plant is thirsty: always water first slightly to avoid root burn and leaf drop. Do not wet leaves.
Adeniums need lots of light for heavy flowering. Most hybrids and species start blooming in the spring when the conditions are warm and days get longer, and continue blooming through the fall and winter in warmer climates. Adeniums like a neutral to hard water. Acidic water tends to sour the soil too fast and may cause root rot. Water plants preferably in the early morning, and allow them to drink up throughout the day. Watering can be done daily to every few days. Never allow your plants to sit in a saucer of water, but don't let them to dry out too often - this causes adeniums to go into early dormancy. toptropical.com
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Rosa-do-deserto ou lírio-impala é uma planta domesticada cujo nome científico é Adenium obesum; da família Apocynaceae, necessita de polinização manual para sua reprodução, ou então deve-se adotar o método de mudas.
Possuem cores bem variadas, indo do branco ao vinho escuro, passando por diferentes tons de rosa e vermelho, podendo ainda apresentar mesclas e degradeés do centro em direção as pontas das pétalas.
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A striking splash of colour in an otherwise dry and bleak landscape. Adenium obesum at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya is the East African sister species of the Southern African A. multiflorum (Sabi Star or Impala Lily)
Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) blooming around the pool at the Hilton Salwa Beach Resort & Villas near Abu Samra, Qatar.
A striking splash of colour in an otherwise dry and bleak landscape. Adenium obesum at Samburu National Reserve in Kenya is the East African sister species of the Southern African A. multiflorum (Sabi Star or Impala Lily)
English:
Adenium obesum is a poisonous species of flowering plant belonging to tribe Nerieae of subfamily Apocynoideae of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara (from Mauritania and Senegal to Sudan), and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. Common names include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, impala lily and desert rose.
It is an evergreen or drought-deciduous succulent shrub (which can also lose its leaves during cold spells, or according to the subspecies or cultivar). It can grow to 1–3 m (3.3–9.8 ft) in height, with pachycaul stems and a stout, swollen basal caudex. The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots, simple entire, leathery in texture, 5–15 cm (2.0–5.9 in) long and 1–8 cm (0.39–3.15 in) broad. The flowers are tubular, 2–5 cm (0.79–1.97 in) long, with the outer portion 4–6 cm (1.6–2.4 in) diameter with five petals, resembling those of other related genera such as Plumeria and Nerium. The flowers tend to red and pink, often with a whitish blush outward of the throat.
Français :
Adenium obesum (la Rose du désert) est une espèce de plantes à fleurs, contenant plusieurs sous-espèces. Elle est aussi appelée Baobab chacal, Lis des Impalas, Sabi Star ou Kudu.
La plante est originaire d'une aire couvrant l'Afrique de l'Est et le sud de l'Arabie.
Adenium obesum est une plante succulente pachycaule à feuillage persistant pouvant mesurer jusqu'à 3 mètres de haut et dont le tronc forme un caudex, sorte de très gros renflement gris-vert situé à la base du tronc qui sert d'organe de réserve.
Ses nombreuses petites branches se terminent par quelques grandes feuilles charnues, mesurant de 5 à 15 cm de long et 1-8 cm de large disposées en spirales autour des rameaux. Elles sont difficiles à densifier car chaque nouvelle feuille est accompagnée de la chute d’une plus ancienne. En cas de conditions difficiles il perd ses feuilles pour se rendre plus résistant aux conditions extrêmes — peu de feuilles = peu d’évaporation, c’est une technique de survie en zone aride.
Roses ou rouges, ses fleurs à 5 pétales en trompette de 2 à 5 cm de long, ressemblent à celles du Plumeria et apparaissent au printemps et à l’automne.
Bien qu’il ne s’agisse pas d’un arbre stricto sensu, on peut faire d'Adenium un simili-bonsaï d’intérieur.
Desert Rose is a wonderful plant to bonsai. I have had one for 20 years and every year I cut it back to the fleshy bulging stem. And every Spring it flowers profusely like some ancient Chinese bonsai cherry tree but much easier and enjoyable. And before it flowers again, it looks like a Rubenesque woman's body.
Adenium Obesum Multiflorum ( A. Multiflorum)
Click image to see this one up close... it's hairy filaments and glowing edges.
Yes, this delicate pink edged flower has emerged from the fleshy succulent that's pictured below. You never know, do you?
Desert Rose is easy to bonsai. I have had one for 20 years and every year I cut it back to enjoy the contours of its fleshy root/stem. Every Spring it flowers profusely like an ancient Chinese cherry tree.
Adenium Obesum Multiflorum ( A. Multiflorum)
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
Wüstenrose
(Desert Rose)
Die 5 Kronblätter sind im Basisteil zu einer Röhre verwachsen. Die Blüten sind mit Kronröhre ca. 7cm lang. Die Kronzipfel sind meist gut 3cm lang. Während der Blütezeit verliert sie manchmal die Blätter.
Der Milchsaft dieser Pflanze ist giftig!
(Prachuap Khiri Khan/ Thailand)
Desert Rose is a wonderful plant to bonsai. I have had one plant for 20 years and every year I cut it back to the fleshy root/stem. And every Spring it flowers profusely like some ancient Chinese bonsai cherry tree but much easier and enjoyable. And before it flowers again, it looks like this.
Adenium Obesum Multiflorum ( A. Multiflorum)
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Rose of the Desert at entry/exit to Hamer village near Buska.
Adenium obesum.
This shot shortly after the rainy season so that shrubbery is green; but for the arid summer the countryside is more dusty desert-like with the exception of flashes of bright-red Desert-Rose.
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Desert Rose is a wonderful plant to bonsai. I have had one plant for 20 years and every year I cut it back to the fleshy root/stem. And every Spring it flowers profusely like some ancient Chinese bonsai cherry tree but much easier and enjoyable. And before it flowers again, it looks like this.
Adenium Obesum Multiflorum ( A. Multiflorum)
Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden, Miami FL
According to Wikipedia, Adenium obesum is a species of flowering plant in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that is native to the Sahel regions, south of the Sahara, and tropical and subtropical eastern and southern Africa and Arabia. Common names include Sabi star, kudu, mock azalea, impala lily and desert rose.
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Karo children in village match-decorated. Desert Rose head tops. Village tukul huts.
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With the Karo tribe in their village close to the east bank of the Omo River, southern Ethiopia. They are particularly skilled at their traditional face-painting --- graphic and symbolic.
Friend children have match-decorated with Desert Rose head tops. (The Desert Rose shrub provides colour in a barren scrubland.) They start to paint from a very young age. Later they paint to attract the eye of the opposite sex for courtship. But pleasure in the art long became a basic tribal identity for all.
Village tukul huts peep behind in my photo.
The Karo live together in three large villages as they are comparatively few in number. Goats are their main livestock, though they're also basic pastoralists and fishermen. The decorative focus on body-painting, and its pre-eminence over the spatial environment and surrounding world of objects, is connected with their semi-nomadic lifestyle.
Rosa-do-deserto ou lírio-impala é uma planta domesticada cujo nome científico é Adenium obesum; da família Apocynaceae, necessita de polinização manual para sua reprodução, ou então deve-se adotar o método de mudas.
Possuem cores bem variadas, indo do branco ao vinho escuro, passando por diferentes tons de rosa e vermelho, podendo ainda apresentar mesclas e degradeés do centro em direção as pontas das pétalas.
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