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. |