Tropicals > Adenium > Adenium obesum > Adenium obesum 'Shocking Pink Dok Lai'
Adenium obesum
'Shocking Pink Dok Lai'
Shocking Pink Dok Lai Adenium
| Family |
| Apocynaceae |
| Genus |
| Adenium |
| Species |
| obesum |
| Cultivar |
| 'Shocking Pink Dok Lai' |
| Category |
| Tropicals |
| Type |
| Shrub (evergreen) |
| USDA Hardiness Zone |
| 10b - 12 |
| Canadian Hardiness Zone |
| Requires cold season protection under glass. |
| RHS Hardiness Zone |
| H1b - H2 |
| Temperature (°C) |
| 1 - 15 |
| Temperature (°F) |
| 33.8 - 59 |
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Description and Growing Information
Flowering Period
| Landscape |
| Usually grown indoors as a houseplant or bonsai. |
| 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. |
| Growth |
| Slow |
| 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. |
| Notable Specimens |
| Royal Park Rajapruek, Mae Hia, Thailand. |
| Propagation |
| By grafting onto seedling rootstock. |
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