Desert Plant (Adenium) Bonsai

When it comes to bonsai, I am not very picky as to which tree or species to train. I love experimenting and experiencing things personally because this is the way I learn things. 

Although it is not new that desert trees can also be trained as bonsai, I haven’t seen a lot of bonsai artists focusing or specializing in desert trees. 

Aside from bonsai, I am also a big fan of cactus and succulents. And this is why I am fascinated when I see fellow bonsai artists who spend their time and talent mixing my 2 favorite things into one. 

I am inspired to see that some bonsai artists who now developing this art of training desert plants into bonsai. Here are some of them that I watch on Instagram:

One particular feature that I like about adeniums is their fat bodies. This is because they belong to a family of succulents called “caudiciforms” or fat plants. They are fat because they store water inside the body. A mechanism that is effectively used to survive in the dry habitat where they originated.

Personally, I have tried doing this on some of my adenium but I should admit that it is equally challenging as the usual bonsai trees. 

The only good thing about having desert plants as bonsai is that they are not very demanding to watering. 

Well, I guess that is because of the fact that they came from the dessert. 

You can have a vacation and leave it unwatered for a while and still looking good.

Have you tried making and adenium bonsai too?