Adenium multiflorum - Impala Lily

Adenium multiflorum is a deciduous succulent shrub or small tree, 0.5-3 m tall, the shape resembling a miniature baobab. Stems arise from a large underground rootstock. The bark is shiny grey to brown, with poisonous watery latex. For most of the year the plants do not have flowers or leaves. The leaves are up to 100 mm long, shiny green above and pale below and usually much broader towards the tip. They are carried in clusters at the growing tips of the branches and are shed before flowering. 

 The flowers are borne in terminal inflorescences, each flower 50-70 mm in diameter. They vary greatly in colour, usually with pointed white lobes, crinkly red margins and red stripes in the throat.
  • Scientific Name: Adenium multiflorum Klotzsch
  • Common Names: Impala Lily, Sabi Star, Kudu Lily
  • Synonyms: Adenium obesum var. multiflorum
  • Family: Apocynaceae
  • Subfamily: Apocynoideae
  • Tribe: Wrightieae
  • Species: A. multiflorum
  • Genus: ADENIUM


 Origin:
Adenium multiflorum is native to Africa.

 Hardiness:
Hardiness zones - 10b to 11b: from 35 °F (+1.7 °C) to 50 °F (+10 °C).

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How to Grow and Care 

 Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.

 Light: Adenium multiflorum needs a bright but diffuse light, remembering that the caudex is very sensitive to sunburn. In the shade, the plant stretches and blooms badly.

 Temperature: It is sensitive to minus temperatures. When growing indoors, the minimum temperature in winter should not be below 10 ° C. With a sudden change in temperature, the plant can partially relieve foliage.

 Substrate, growing media and repotting:

  This plant should be planted in a pot with large drainage holes on the sides and on the bottom, filled with a very porous loose soil. To obtain such a substrate, add pumice, perlite, sand or brick crumb to a normal soil mix or cactus primer. When planting, care must be taken that the main part of the roots is below the caudex line.

 Do not take too deep a pot, this can provoke the drawing of the underground part of the caudex. The repot should be carried out often, until the plant reaches the desired size...
– Learn more at: How to Grow and Care Adenium


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