Steps on how to grow Desert Rose (Adenium obesum)

Desert Rose is also known as Adenium obesum. This particular succulent plant is a widespread succulent plant and it is variable in its natural habitat. Desert Rose also known as Adenium obesum occurs in a broad band across sub-Saharan Africa from Senegal and Mauritania in the west eastward to Sudan and Kenya. One thing about this succulent plant is that its variability in nature is reflected by its variability in cultivation. Desert Rose plant has a relatively long summer blooming period and it can be kept in growth through winter in a warm and bright location. Desert Rose also known as Adenium obesum is the most widely available species in cultivation and it has been used as one of the parents in many of the hybrids. Desert Rose flowers are variable in size, although they are generally about 2 inches (5 cm) in diameter. If you look at the margins of the petals, it vary from pink to deep red and gradually fade to white near the throat.
One thing about Desert Rose plant is that growing it from seed or from cuttings is not hard at all. What it requires is just a simply little knowledge. The young plants from the seed have a distinctly fattened caudex and the plant can eventually develops a very stout trunk. Again the rooted cuttings will form a very thick trunk in time.

The seed Propagation of Desert Rose

Actually the real trick that is involve to start Desert Rose seed is to make sure that you start out with fresh seeds. The fact is that fresh seed will have a higher germination rate as well as germinating faster. Try as much as possible to purchase the seeds from a reputable dealer or find an owner of a few adult plants that can give you the seeds straight from the plants themselves.
You can begin to start Desert Rose seeds by preparing a good container with a well-draining growing medium, like a perlite or sand and soil mix. Make sure you place the seed in the growing medium, you cover them with the growing medium.
Make sure you water from below daily and also from above once every three days until the seedlings have appear. Try as much as possible to place the growing tray or the container on a heating pad and also keep the temperature of the growing medium between 80 and 85 °F (27 and 30 °C).
The Desert Rose seed will germinate in one week if the seeds are fresh. By peradventure if they are not fresh, it may likely take longer. Immedietly the seedlings have appear, you can water only from below. One month time the seedlings will be large enough to be transplant to a permanent container.

The Cutting Propagation of Desert Rose

Even as seed propagation is easy, a lot of gardeners also have better success growing a Desert Rose from cuttings.
To start you need to take a cutting from the tip of the branch. Then you need to allow the cutting to dry out for a day or two. After that you need to wet the end of the Desert Rose cutting and dip it in the rooting hormone. You need to stick the cutting into a well draining growing medium like perlite or sand mixed with soil. Make sure you water the cutting every day. Also make sure the water is able to drain out of the soil. Also make sure you use a spray bottle to mist the cutting daily as well. In about two to three weeks the cutting will take root.

Wish you all the best.