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Originally Posted by waltseed
I don't concider them as good bonsai, as they are hard to make look like trees. But they are beautiful plants just the same.
And easy to grow.
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Different species like the arabicum in my avatar are very impressive. I can post photos of Adeniums that look more like "trees" than some of the normal stock posted here that are considered prime material.
You may be basing your statement on a lot of the "crap"(my equivalent of mallsai) sold as Adenium here in the states and may not have had an opportunity to see some of the magnificent specimens found in India, Vietnam, Taiwan, Thailand, and other nations in that region. It's not unheard of a specimen Adenium selling in the $50,000 + US dollar range.
The down side is they normally grow that way with no human intervention.
But after saying all that, I see them as more of a "fix" for a short fat plant in a shallow container. Obesum is more common here in the states and is what people think of when the word Adenium is used, but that is changing. I grow over 40 different hybrids of obesum, most unnamed. I love the beautiful bloom the hybrids have, but it's the fat plants like the arabicums and the Thai Soco's that get my heart pumping.