The E. Unispina is growing


And something also growing ont the leaf propagation of the E. Francoisii. @HamiltonSquare , you may try to propagate your mapple leaves Francoisii the same way, those mapple leaves are very expensive here.

What a strange way to grow new branch, I thought they grow new branches on the edge or in the place where they grow spines?

Just bought these 3 baby Obesa, very small, 2 cm in diameter, the top one will be given to my brother, I'll keep the 2 round bald ones, hope at least of the 2 is a boy.


And this is crested Euphorbia Enopla, not sure if it will live, as it has a very long dried stem buried inside, and the roots do not look healthy at all.


Learn something new today, all of the baby obesa has 1 piece of coconut chunk, some of the roots grown through it, this chunk will guarantee water supply to the plant, then the roots will not be too dry and dead, I will consider putting 1 or 2 pieces of those in every pot.

Looks good!

This flowering obesa gives me sort of an effervescent vibe.



His girlfriend is elsewhere (much smaller) but soon they will be living side by side.

Looking at the photo, we can see that your obesa has sharper edges on the ribs, similar to the top obesa on my photo, while the other 2 obesa are really round, any idea if they are from different hybrid? Or they will grow those edges by time?

There is some natural variation within the species. My plant looked like this in 2019



and like this in 2012 (rightmost tiny plant)



It appeared (along with 2 others) as a volunteer next to the much bigger plant (which rotted out ca. 2018)

This E. Fruticosa has outgrown its pot, I am not sure if increasing the size of the pot will do much help, as all are grow out from the base of the mother plant. Not to mention that I have to break the terracotta pot during the process. Any idea? Just cut the 9 bigger ones?

Consider a larger pot, maybe?

I have had my plant since 2010. Since then it has been in 6", 8", 10", and 12" clay pots (where it lives now 14 years later, very much potbound). Each time it went up a size, I had to break the pot with a hammer. It is a waste, but I do like the results of how the plant grew out, given gradual stepwise increases in size.

Yours is branchier than mine, but the name of the species refers to its bushy habit, and I'm not sure you can really tame the beast (other than of course by restarting it from a cutting, which will give you only a temporary reprieve).

I think you are right, if I cut them, they will just grow more branches, I will find a suitable pot for it. Will upsize from existing 6-7inch pot to 12 inch pot

I'm too thrifty to break a pot to remove a plant. If it comes to that, I'll be cutting it off at the soil level and then let it dry until the old roots to die and let go of the pot so I can use it again later. I can easily make more of almost all of the plants I have, but they never give pots away for free. Also, if my plants get too big, they don't fit in the house anymore.

Hm..
I'll see. If I can push the plant out of the pot by using some stick from the drain hole. Some damages on the roots should be fine for this plant.

The crossing of the E. Francoisii has rewarded me with some seedlings with nice patterns.
These two, green veins with dotted leaves, another one has very red veins and leaves.


And this one, red veins/leaves, with green edges.

Kaktus said: The crossing of the E. Francoisii has rewarded me with some seedlings with nice patterns.
These two, green veins with dotted leaves, another one has very red veins and leaves.


And this one, red veins/leaves, with green edges.

Congratulations that is definitely a beauty.

Yes, very pretty.

Small green cyathia on a plant sold to me as fortuita (which it is not)





They should be reddish and have lots of white hairs. This is apparently just a self fertile hybrid. Well, it wouldn't be the first such medusa.

E. stellispina also in bloom



And finally here is a bupleurifolia nearing the end

Hi all

I just signed up yesterday and I am still trying to see my way around here on the forum. I've posted some of my Madagascar Euphorbia's on the plant database yesterday. I think my first Madagascar Euphorbia was a E. decaryi purchased at a Garden Center in Glenside, PA called Primex Garden Center. (As an aside, they are still open and I asked them last year if they could get me any E. decaryi and they were able to get three cuttings, not seed grown, all from the same plant. I bought two in hopes of trading one in the future.) Back to what I was saying: That would have been before 2008 as I have a photo of it from April 7, 2008 when I was transplanting it. Here it is sitting on the top of a joint compound bucket. I know I don't have this plant anymore.


I have a photo of a E. cylindrifolia ssp. tuberifera from June 28, 2009 that might have been purchased at Primex, but it could have also been purchased at the Connecticut Cactus and Succulent Society Show and Sale as I was a member there then. My records don't help me out there. Here it is:


I'm suspecting I still have this plant as this one from Feb 12, 2015 looks like it:


Jan 15, 2020 taken while I was growing it and many more at work:


April 3, 2021 when I was repotting. Documented the roots back then. Probably the first repotting it had seen since I first planted it:


Sept 20, 2023 in its new pot from 2021. I know I have newer photos in my camera, but I have not downloaded or processed them yet. And I don't remember which plants they are of..... I have work to do.:


Back on October 11, 2022 I noticed something growing at the base of one of my Leuchtenbergia principis cacti. I took a photo that day:


I was not sure what I had and was not thinking self sown Euphorbia, but I decided to let it grow to see what it would become as it did not look like any weed I normally see. Well, my forgetful self ended up seeing it next year and habitually weeded it out without thinking. Turned out it was rooted really firmly and had a really long tap root which broke as I continued to pull. When I saw the turnip shaped root and then looked closer at the leaf, I realized I might have a Euphorbia that sowed itself so I potted it up in a 2" sealed, low fire clay pot on July 14, 2023:


Earlier that month I placed an order with Miles Anderson of Miles2Go out in AZ which included two E. cylindrifolia ssp. tuberifera. Here they are as received getting ready to pot up on July 13, 2023:


And as potted on July 14, 2023 in 3" sp pots:


Well, I have lots more Madagascar Euphorbia to post as well as my cacti. It will take a really long time to be as thorough as this post, so I'll have to see what I can do.

to the forum.
I am also a fan of Madagascar Euphorbias, especially E. Francoisii. I have quite a few of those.

Looks like you keep your Euphorbias in a lot of sun. In fact they love and grow quite well in bright side area. These are how they look when kept in bright shade and more water.

E. Decaryii, the easiest of all.


And this supposed to be E. Cylindrifolia, not sure if I didn't get the true Cylindrifolia or what, when purchased, they are exactly like yours, but after a few years with less direct light, their leaves open up and turn into completely different hybrids. Have tried 3 plants from different sellers, all responded the same.

I do not have any of those strange and twisted plants. Those two from Miles look really nice. I appreciate seeing the lower parts, which are normally hidden from view once the plants are potted up.

It is interesting how they change in appearance with different exposure, if that's what explains the dramatic differences. What kind of light do your plants get, Jerry?

Euphorbias that recently went in the ground ... I have this plant as avasmontana, acquired in 2010 as a seedling in a 4 inch pot. Now at my absolute limit for safe handling.



Second plant is a polygona hybrid that I grew from seed, planted in the park, then restarted from a cutting to take here. She's pregnant!



This is my next target for installation, my biggest esculenta.



I will get a decent overhead shot some time, but the head on that one is weird and squished sideways and maybe cresting, hard to tell.

Finally, yesterday I saw a little bird went through and found all the Euhorbia seeds I recently sowed, tossing top dressing all over the place in the process. So that flat (3 species) is probably a bust. I'm keeping it in case the bird missed something.

I thought that putting this E. capsaintemariensis (because it's a scrambler) in this urn would be a good idea. And it was… for a while. Now there are roots coming out the drain hole and the plant is refusing leave the pot. I'm going to have to try and wash all the soil out or break the urn.

Oh, that is an interesting plant, how long have keep it in there?

Looks almost like it might become hard to separate from the lower pot, if the roots grow out down there and keep going.

Maturing fruit in the garden with good color... a recently installed mammillaris x polygona hybrid