My very first bloom ever!!!

It was beginning to open when I returned from vacation! I was so excited!

Sold as 'White Clouds'... ('Keilani' cutting behind it)

Sunday...

Monday...

Monday evening...

Looks great!!

I've recently had my first ever blooms on Hausten White and it's so exciting! I've got two more with blooms that hopefully will open within the next week, and I can hardly wait :-)

karen

And today (Tuesday)...

Smells like lemon zest... what could it be???

8*)

Karen

Congratulations, Karen! I'm excited for you! It doesn't look like any named cultivar that I am familiar with, but it is beautiful just the same. I love my unnamed hybrids just as much as the named ones. Thanks for posting these pics! I can feel your excitement;-) Congrats to the other Karen also!

Thanks Clare... and thanks Karen! I just keep going back and staring at it, and touching it, and smelling it again!

LOL!

Yipeee...doin' the plumie bloom happy dance for you, Karen!!! Great job!!!

congrats karen! what a nice treat after vacay.

Congratulations on your first bloom, your hooked now!

Thanks... you know it!!!

Oh boy! I can certainly feel the excitement! One of mine are about to bloom and is has not one single leaf on it - just like last year!

Congratulations!

Karen,
Congratulations ! Your first bloom will be like your first child, you will love it forever no matter what.
Mickey

Aawww, thanks guys! I'm definitely going to take that last photo and make a print out of it!

I don't blame you, it's going to look great in a frame!

Bloom #2... cut and in a little vase, so I can enjoy it as we speak.

(I know, I know... I'm insatiable!)

So pretty!

It had rained this morning, so I took a pic of #3... anticipating doing a mat and framed one for the wall.

sorry... I know y'all are getting tired of me...

I, for one, NEVER get tired of seeing beautiful flowers :-)

Thanks!

I never tire of them either! Love it!

Aw... thanks Clare! I've heard you mention desert roses before... mine just bloomed yesterday, so I wanted to sneek this one in! (It's my thread, right?) LOL!

Everyone, enjoy this blessed day! My hubby is taking me to the U.S. Botanical Gardens in Wash DC! I'm takin' LOTS of pictures!

Karen

OMG! That's gorgeous!

I agree with Teresa! That is very beautiful. Adeniums are actually related to plumerias, and this is your thread so you go for it! My 'Noble Concubine' is blooming right now, and it is so pretty. Have a great time at the Botanical Gardens;-)

THIS FORUM IS MAKING ME CRAZY!!!

Now I NEED an Adenium very badly!

A hunting, I will go ...........

THey have had beautiful flowering adeniums here at our Home Dept's for around $20.- They were jumbo ones too.
Mickey

Have had a few more blooms that i have enjoyed thoroughly... but I believe this may be my last one. *sigh*

My question now is... what do I do with the inflo spike when there are no more flowers? Do I leave it on the plant, or do I cut it off?

Thanks!

Karen

It's beautiful, Karen! Nooooooooooooooo, never cut off an inflo unless it is rotting: http://davesgarden.com/community/forums/t/714239/

Thanks Clare... I actually remember reading that thread now... but until I had one in hand...

well... you know! We forget sometimes... hehe!!!!

Glad you asked, Karen...I was clueless about that!!!