Adenium obesum 'Shocking Pink Dok Lai' (Shocking Pink Dok Lai Adenium)
Botanical Information
| Family | Apocynaceae |
| Genus | Adenium |
| Species | obesum |
| Cultivar | 'Shocking Pink Dok Lai' |
| Category | Tropicals |
| Type | Shrub (evergreen) |
Details
| USDA Hardiness Zone | 10b - 12 |
| USDA Hardiness Ref. | |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone | Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| Canada Hardiness Ref. | |
| RHS Hardiness Zone | H1b - H2 |
| RHS Hardiness Ref. | |
| Temperature (°C) | 1 - 15 |
| Temperature (°F) | 33.8 - 59 |
| Growth | Slow |
| Flowering Period | April |
Description and Growing Information
| Landscape | Usually grown indoors as a houseplant or bonsai. |
| Propagation | By grafting onto seedling rootstock. |
| Cultivation | It requires a sunny location and a minimum indoor temperature in winter of 10 °C . It thrives on a xeric watering regime as required by cacti. |
| Notable Specimens | Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand. |
| Habitat | Horticultural origin |
| Leaf Description | The leaves are spirally arranged, clustered toward the tips of the shoots, simple entire, leathery in texture, 5–15 cm long and 1–8 cm broad. |
| Flower Description | A tubular pink flower, 2–5 cm long, with the outer portion 4–6 cm diameter with five petals. |
Photographs
Adenium obesum Shocking Pink Dok Lai, form, Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand.
Adenium obesum Shocking Pink Dok Lai, flower, Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand.