Garden Blog - Top Tropicals

Date: 15 Mar 2026

What Thai Adenium names mean: luck, gold, and mythology

Cats Smokey and Sunshine in adenium garden

Cats Smokey and Sunshine in adenium garden

What Thai Adenium names mean: luck, gold, and mythology 🌸

Many Adenium hybrids come from Thailand, where breeders often give varieties meaningful and poetic names rather than simple codes. Instead of simple labels like "Red Double #27", Thai breeders often give their flowers names that sound like small poems. These names frequently reference wealth, luck, jewels, mythology, and beautiful colors.

Once you start recognizing common Thai words, Adenium names become much easier to understand. Some sound almost like short blessings - promising prosperity, beauty, or good fortune.

Below are examples of Adenium varieties whose names reflect these traditions.

    • 🏯 Thai names related to luck, wealth, and prosperity



    These words are extremely common in Thai plant naming and often suggest good fortune or financial success.



🏯 Thai names related to gold or wealth (Thong group)



The word Thong means gold and appears in many Thai plant names associated with value and prosperity.
  • 🏯 Mythological and symbolic creatures

    • Some Adenium names come directly from Thai mythology and sacred animals.


Hassadee (Hatsadiling) refers to a legendary elephant-bird creature found in Thai mythology.
  • 🏯 Gem and jewel themed names

These names reflect the Thai tradition of treating ornamental plants like living jewels.

Blue Diamond
Chaba Kaew
Maneenate
Petch Pratum (Diamond Lotus)
Ploy Nappan
Ploy Sakorn
Ploysai
Talab Phet

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Date: 12 Mar 2026

When flowers become legends

Cartoon caracters with adenium flowers

Cartoon caracters with adenium flowers

A Thai dancer with adenium flowers

A Thai dancer with adenium flowers

A baby girl with adenium flowers

A baby girl with adenium flowers

When flowers become legends
  • 🌸 Thai flower names often sound like characters from a legend - golden spirits, celestial jewels, or lucky guardians of the garden. In Thailand, plants are not always named in a purely botanical way. Instead, breeders often choose names that carry meaning, symbolism, and a little imagination.
  • 🌸 Looking at Adeniums through this lens feels almost magical. A flower can become a jewel, a lotus from heaven, or a golden treasure. The whimsical scenes below capture that spirit - a world where Adeniums bloom like treasures, garden fairies dance among flowers, and every name tells a story waiting to be discovered.


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Date: 16 Dec 2019

Meet PeopleCats of TopTropicals. Cat of the Day: Jim the Founder

Jim is the oldest cat of Top Tropicals. In fact, he is one of the Founders. In 2004 a tiny kitten showed up at first TopTropicals Nursery - a small quarter acre in Ft Lauderdale... Jim looked very important and confident and told us that he wants to stay with us because he sees a great future for TopTropicals... and he was right. Since then, Jim traveled with us through all nursery locations we ever had!

Jim used to lay on top of a warm monitor and help with our first website designs... if you look at his favorite monitor in the picture, you now can imagine how old this cat is!
In spite of his age, Jim is very active and likes to eat a lot. He believes that a good meal is key to a healthy living, and prefers variety. He eats everything: meat, fish, soup, pasta, pizza, veggies, cucumbers, salad... eats well and stays healthy!
Jim happily participates in all costume parties. Yes, it is him in a Santa costume greeting you at the top of this newsletter!

Don't miss out: Loquat Big Jim - we only have 4 plants, they all named after Jim!

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Date: 24 Jun 2018

Adenium: a Rose by any Other Name

New article by Jane Jordan.
"...The famous quote is often used to imply that the names of things do not affect what they really are, in the case of The Desert Rose (Adenium obesum) it is not a rose at all, rather a succulent that thrives in hot, dry and sunny conditions. These spectacular plants have no relation to the rose family, they are a species of flowering plant from the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. The naming of this plant is partly correct as they originate in sub-Saharan Africa and the Arabian Peninsula, where they can grow into large trees with huge swollen trunks..."
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Date: 24 Jun 2018

Choosing the right Mango for your garden

Q: Do the mango trees you sell already have fruit? Or how long does it take to get fruit? Are they tricky to keep up? I live locally and have been interested in getting a few!

A: Some of our mangos in both 3 gal and 7 gal pots have fruit on them. All our mango trees are grafted which means they are ready to produce fruit. So if not the same year, you should get fruit the next year.
Mangoes in general are easy to grow plants. They are not picky about soil and water, however they need full sun for fruiting. When you are lucky to live in tropical or subtropical climate, your mango will thrive in a ground, and within 2-3 years you will have a mature tree, and a crop every year (those who have cold winters, still can grow a mango tree in a pot, and move it indoors for colder period). Visit our garden center for a tour of our Mango Gardenthat is only 3 years old and is full of fruit! Tasting table available :) We offer over 100 varieties, and our experts can help you to make the right choice for your garden. To start your own mango tree collection, depending on space available, you may begin with the following varieties:
Nam Doc Mai - one of the most popular and delicious Asian mango
Carrie - very compact grower, reliable producer with great taste
Cogshall and Ice Cream - dwarf varieties for small yards, excellent taste
Alphonso - considered one of the best tasting

See full list of our mango varieties, all fiberless and great sweet flavors.

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