🌵 Origin and characteristics: Adenium obesum, known as desert rose, is native to South Africa and looks like a miniature tree with a thick trunk and roots.
🌸 Variety of flowers: Its flowers can be white, purple, pink or red.
💪 Resistance: It is a very resistant plant that can grow in hostile conditions and lasts several years.
🧤 Safe pruning: Use gloves and disinfected scissors when pruning, as its sap is extremely toxic.
🌞 Light and temperature requirements: It needs direct sunlight for 5 to 6 hours a day and prefers high temperatures; It does not adapt well to cold or excessive humidity.
💧 Irrigation and drainage: Requires little water and good drainage to prevent roots from rotting.
🌱 Fertilization: Use liquid fertilizer every two or three weeks in spring and once a month in summer.