Euphorbia Crown Photos

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Tetrazole
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Euphorbia Crown Photos

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Many of my Euphorbias have woken up from their winter sleep and most are showing cyathia, temporary leaves or other new growth. Below are a number of photos taken of the apex, or crown, of my Euphorbias.

Nathan

E. aeruginosa
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E. anoplia
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E. baioensis
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E. canariensis
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E. cereiformis
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E. ferox
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E. fimbriata
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E. fruticosa
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E. greenwayi
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E. horrida
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E. horrida v. noorsveldensis
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E leucodendron
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E. meloformis
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E. obesa
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E. persistentifolia
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New E. persistentifolia side branch erupting.
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E. polygona v. snowflake plant 1
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E. polygona v. snowflake plant 2
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E. resinifera
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E. scitula
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E horrida species nova leach
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E. stellispina
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E. submammillaris
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E. suzannae
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E. heptagona
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Monadenium ritchiei
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Probably one of the many reasons we appreciate cacti and other succulents is their beautiful symmetry.
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I liked the first one the E. aeruginosa the best. It has such interesting color combination with the maroonish spines and the greenish colored branches!

Neat succulents. They do have a symmetry to them that is somewhat unique or at least seems that way to me anyways! :)
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:shock: WOW outstanding pics, there all STUNNING!! I love E. aeruginosa, i have one and its growing great and i love the color and spines on it. One of my fav Euphorbias. :thumbup:
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I love the E. Snowflake 1!!!!!! are those hard to find because I think I need one! how old is it?
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Ahhh..

I guess I have acquired a euphorbia pup, mine looks like the ceriformis or the horrida which you have pictured. I got it thinking it was a cactus but looking at it I began to have doubts.

Your euphorbia are very gorgeous.

Have they ever damaged you with their sap?

Do you have any warnings or recommendations about growing euphorbia?

I almost bought a short fat columnar looking one with purple striations, but I read that the sap is poisonous/damaging to skin and eyes and that it can squirt when cut. I guess it's just a risk of having the plant?
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Wow! Nice pics- I love those spines
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When the E. aeruginosa gets around to blooming the contrast even goes up more. The developing cyathia are bright yellow. This plant has more than doubled in size in a year and a half.

The two E. polygona v. Snowflake's were Lowe's purchases. They get in batches of succulents perhaps twice a year and there are usually one a couple of these in each shipment. Both were decent sized when I acquired them - I would guess that they were 3-4 years old then. Snowflake 1 has two volunteer seedlings in it's pot. One is a year old and the other is only 2 months old. The yearling is the size of a small grape. The difference in cyathia color between the two adult plants is interesting.

So far, the Euphorbia tirucalli (AKA Pencil Plant - not pictured) is the only one that has really required significant forethought when handling. It bleeds like a stuck pig and when the plant is large, it definitely squirts its latex when a large cut is made. Definitely an outside project - where the pets won't be walking though the drying sap afterwards. The other varieties don't seem to bleed as much, but disposable gloves are a good idea. I keep all of them away from where pets or visiting children could get at them.
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Hi Nathan,
your pictures are stunning, and your variety is awsome! Are you a Euphorbia-spacialist?
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Ruth,

I am by no means an expert on Euphorbias. I believe that the resident expert might be Lancer99 from Falls Church VA. He has repeatedly posted super images of all sorts of fantastic Euphorbias. I just collect what I like the look of and can possibly keep alive for more than a year or two.

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Hi, Nathan,
the we have something in common. This is why I don't call myself a collector, although I live with loads of plants. Gosh! I just looked at the statistics of my database :oops: and don't believe my eyes. It claims that I share my flat with about 200 plants of about 110 different orders -- or is it genera? I am not firm with these words in Englisch. Let's say different kinds, that is less specific and hopefully less wrong.
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Very nice plants, I now have more for my Euphorbia wish list!
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Here are a few more Euphorbia crown photos.

Nathan

E. virosa
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E. symmetrica (with a bad sunburn on one side)
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E. flanaganii
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E. gorgonis
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E. fimbriata variegata (obtained as mislabeled E. mammillaria variegated)
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E. sekukuniensis
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Great collection, real good pictures, Nathan!
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Post by lancer99 »

Nathan, great pics!

Thx for the kind words in your previous post, but I'm far from an expert!

It's great that you're giving your medusoid species lots of sun.

Your E. mammillaris variegata is probably E. fimbriata variegata, see here: http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load ... 28865.html

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Thank you everyone for all the compliments on this Euphorbia photo set.

Robert, I have renamed the photo to E. fimbriata variegata as suggested. Correct identifications are always appreciated.

Nathan
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