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Hi All,
I have just germinated a desert rose seed, the seedling
is
about
3"
tall now
with 2 leaves on top. I still have it in my propagator.

I am totally ignorant about this. What is a desert rose? I
know it
only as a mineral. See for example the Hamlyn Guide to
Minerals,
rocks and fossils.

It's a name for Alygoyne hakeifolia, and also Aeonium
obesum.
And
(with
Sturt's name in front) Gossypium sturtianum. I guess it's
the
Aeonium
which is meant.

According to the RHS encyclopedia it is Adenium obesum which
is
the
desert rose.
According to the same book, the only Aeoniums listed are
arboretum,
haworthii and tubuliforme

You better get rid of that RHS encyclopedia of yours, Franz. Its
loaded with
mistakes.

Thanks for the advice, but I'll stick to the RHS book.

That's Aeonium arboreum and Aeonium tabuliforme not the gogglty
gook
you
wrote. There are many more species in the genus than just the
three
you
mention.

Google on the combination containing both phrases "Adenium
obesum"
"Desert rose"
and you will find 3,800 reasons why I will stick to the RHS book
rather than your flawed opinions.

How can you read your beloved RHS encyclopedia with your head up
your ass,
Franzy?

Try your reading skills on what I said above about using Google to
prove that yo are wrong.

You obviously don't have enough sense to check things out for
yourself
rather than depend on the second hand lame opinions in some hack
picture
book.

I have done so. I told you there are 3,800 reasons given by a Google
search to prove that you are wrong. Would you like a lesson on using
Google?

By the way, how about learning some of the elementary aspects of
posting to a newsgroup so as to make it unnecessary for folk to put
your meagre contributions in the correct place to maintain the
integrity of the thread?

Franz