Wanna hear a story? Wokay.... Once Upon A Time.....Mamarazzi tried planting Adenium. Seems easy to plant ma. The plant just need well drained soil and loads of sunlight...
So Mamarazzi took care of the plant and it flowered. Mamarazzi asked her friend how to get more plant out of this one plant. He advised to try hand pollinate the plant though success rate is low. She did just that.
Surprisingly....after some time...two little "horns" appeared. Friend told her that it takes 2 to 3 months for the seedpods to mature.
It was not an easy "pregnancy". As the "fetus" grow" the leaves started to yellow.
Friend advised her to wrap the seedpods as when they are "ripe" the pods would burst. She did just that. Waiting patiently for them to mature.
One of the pods seems to have been "penyet" a bit at one end.
Mamarazzi said she will wait for the other seed pod to dry up...hopefully there will be some seeds that survive. A sad day indeed...
THE END....
wah, today's post banyak gardening jargon lah, haha!! Uncle SK also pretends to understand only lah, but overall he knows what Mamarazzi wanna say lah, hehe~~ :p
ReplyDeleteWah........So early wor SK.
DeleteNot sleeping yet?
Not gardening jargon leh. Just Mamarazzi sotplug rambling
fuyoh, this plant really not easy to plant and maintain huh?? but when Uncle SK's mum was still around, we have many pots at home and all blooming very beautiful flowers leh.. so Uncle SK thought it's easy only, until he read this post by Mamarazzi.. kekeke!! :p
ReplyDeleteSee other people plant it like very easy wor...but when comes to Mamarazzi's hand...haiz....jialat
Deletevery suspicious how come the pods suddenly missing and dropped and found it penyet on the porch without the wrapping!!! seems like kena sabotaged by somebody leh, who is the naughty person who did that??!!
ReplyDeleteor the naughty cat.....been missing two days now...guilty feel kot
DeleteYour mom is very patient! I do not think we have this plant here, but the flower is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteyea...this plant likes hot weather. Not sure if your side have it. It's alternative name is Dessert rose
DeleteWhen I see Adenium, I thought wats that.. Ingatkan superhero movie or Star Trek saga yada yada.. Oohhhh rupanyer it's a plant.. Not really into gardening now.. No space..Maybe later, huhuhu...
ReplyDeleteLOL...movies? Mamarazzi seldom do movies
DeleteHope the other pod is fruitful one.
ReplyDeletethe other pod also gone ...hence the heart break :(
DeleteSad ending but as the saying goes....NEVER GIVES UP!!!
ReplyDeletehope the plant will survive la coz leaves yellowing :(
DeleteCould it be due to too much water (raining a lot nowadays) that the plant died? My Adenium grew horns two or three times and managed to produce seeds. I tried planting the seeds and it was successful. Try again.
ReplyDeleteno wor....when raining Mamarazzi punggah them back inside...
DeleteWe have one growing in a salted egg jar, half alive and half dead. Hehehehehe!!!!! So nice, your flower...so big!!! See my post tomorrow.
ReplyDeleteAlso about gardening ah?
Delete那花，我阿公在世时，有种过。。。
ReplyDeleteDon't understand la. I use google translate and i get is this "That flower, his grandfather was alive when I , too kind"
DeleteShe says when her grandfather was alive, he planted this adenium plant.
Deleteoh i see... thanks :)
DeleteMamrazzi is tenacious la, that Auntie Lina can see. :)
ReplyDeletejust hope the pokok wi;; be as tenacious la coz now it's yellowing liao
DeleteAm not a garden person. I don't have a green hand ~
ReplyDeletemamarazzi also not always successful
DeleteI call this the dessert rose. My friend gave me a pot when we moved into our current house 10 years ago. It survived for many years, gave us beautiful mixed color blooms but never had the pods... I think one day it just dried up? I can't recall where the heck is it now, nor can I remember the "death"... lagi sad.
ReplyDeleteYour seeds can plant one... more patience! If not, just pop by the nursery and buy one more pot... haha!
Yup...that's the name for it.
DeleteWah mixed colour bloom ah...that is very precious type leh.
Hope my seeds can plant la. Thanks.
My one and only plant which had been with me for more than 10 years has died early this year...
ReplyDeletesigh.......sad right?
DeleteHmmm....no nothing about this.
ReplyDeleteI tried growing but ended up in disaster. Yours in not there yet but still alive and kicking.
ReplyDeleteyea wondering how some people can grow this effortlessly
DeleteAiya suspens and wasted only. I doubt the seeds are mature enough. Even after pods turn brown, they will take more days to dry up, then to split, then for seeds inside to dry and fly off. Nvm plant, can try again.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know gotta hand-pollinate... some of my adeniums seem quite productive haha. The seeds have high germination rate but after that growth rate is soooo lembu.
sad lor... :(
DeleteYou have a lucky hand when comes to this.
Mamarazi really has talent in this field. 😊
ReplyDeletetalent?? :(
DeleteMust plant by seed? We plant more by just breaking off a branch from the existing plant and let it dry for a bit before sticking it into the ground. works for this adenium and frangipani too.
ReplyDeleteOh ya ka? didnt know this. Friend teach plant by seed and take care from baby
DeleteFor adenium and frangipani, I have picked up those cut branches people threw out after pruning their plants and stick them into the ground. Now they are growing well. You can try it too, after pruning your adenium, try planting from the cut branches. Can google on how to do it.
DeleteAha BUT if you do that, the plant will flower but won't develop the fat 'base' that is prized. The part that takes years to achieve. That's what the seller told me anyway. Mun, yours got nice fat base?
DeleteI tried that once too...and it flowered (but not many lar)....and then it died :(
ReplyDeleteThe 'mama' plant (from where I cut off a part to replant) also died (from neglect)...and then my kucing knocked it down and broke the large vase...and everything ended up in the dumpster!
No flower touch like mamarazzi ya... LOL
DeleteI hope you get your seeds after all you have gone through to get them.
ReplyDeletekeeping my finger crossed
DeleteAhem.....very "interesting" story indeed, maybe I should tell this to Sam as her bedtime story tonight ^__^
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