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Name: Nakita Powell, WY (Zone 4b) Plants make people happy.  Nakita90 Oct 16, 2021 2:15 PM CST |
I have no idea what type of cactus/succulent this is. But I just noticed these tiny clear balls all over it. They are solid (not squishy or sticky). Should I be concerned?! |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b)              purpleinopp Oct 16, 2021 7:39 PM CST |
| It looks like it may be Euphorbia tirucalli. I've not see that on any of mine. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Nakita Powell, WY (Zone 4b) Plants make people happy. Nakita90 Oct 16, 2021 8:06 PM CST |
| I think it's a Mistletoe Cactus, but I'm not positive. |
Name: John Pomona/Riverside CA (Zone 9a)  CPPgardener Oct 16, 2021 8:37 PM CST |
| I'd go with the Euphorbia and the globs are dried guttate. (!!???!!) Guttation is the exuding of sap when the soil moisture is high (for the plant type) and so is the humidity. It's harmless, but a good indicator that one or the other moisture level needs to change. “That which is, is.That which happens, happens.” Douglas Adams |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost  DaisyI Oct 16, 2021 8:42 PM CST |
| Yes, Euphorbia tirucalli. Yes, guttation (edema). Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Oct 16, 2021 9:25 PM CST |
| It's possible but I think I would have seen this if it was something so ordinary as guttation or oedema. Maybe really dry air could be a factor, which would be a very unlikely condition around my place. If you snip one of the tips off and find white sap inside, it's Euphorbia. If you decide to do this, be careful because the white sap is caustic and you don't want to get it on your skin or much worse, in your eye. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Oct 16, 2021 9:35 PM CST |
purpleinopp said:It's possible but I think I would have seen this if it was something so ordinary as guttation or oedema. Maybe really dry air could be a factor, which would be a very unlikely condition around my place. Now I'm confused... This is your plant? Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Oct 17, 2021 5:04 PM CST |
| No, sorry. I have a bunch of these plants and have never seen this on any of them. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Oct 17, 2021 7:36 PM CST |
| Its kind of a perfect storm sort of thing. Warm soil, cool humid nighttime air and too much moisture in the rootzone. Plants without leaves don't respirate well. Sometimes its a reaction to irregular watering. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: TJOE Indonesia          Kaktus Oct 17, 2021 7:52 PM CST |
I think it is nothing to worry about, I am more concern with the snake on Nakita's neck than the succulent  If they look healthy, do nothing |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Oct 17, 2021 8:38 PM CST |
| When your neck is cold & there's a snake handy, it makes sense. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Oct 17, 2021 10:59 PM CST |
I thought it was an infinity scarf!  Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Nakita Powell, WY (Zone 4b) Plants make people happy. Nakita90 Oct 21, 2021 12:58 PM CST |
| Living infinity scarf 😂 Thanks for all the help! The watering would make sense, so I'll adjust it and see! As long as I know the plant (and it's shelfmates) are safe from harm! Mine is also more droopy then traditional pencil trees, which is why I'm thinking it's a mistletoe cactus. I'll post some examples:    |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Oct 21, 2021 2:17 PM CST |
| Its easy to tell. Break a stem. All Euphorbia have white sap. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Oct 21, 2021 3:20 PM CST |
| Agree, I said that on 10/16. 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
Name: Baja Baja California (Zone 11b)           |
Be sure not to touch the sap and especially not to get it in your eyes. Euphorbia sap can be an extreme irritant (as Tiffany pointed out earlier, but it doesn't hurt to repeat this fact).  |
Name: Tiffany purpleinopp Opp, AL 🌵🌷⚘🌹🌻 (Zone 8b) purpleinopp Oct 22, 2021 7:05 AM CST |
| Low light will yield a leaning, less upright plant. It takes hours per day of sun shining right on a pencil plant for it to stay stiffly upright. There are many pics of pencil trees/plants in the plant database on this site: Pencil Tree (Euphorbia tirucalli) Pencil Cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli 'Firesticks') And the various plants referred to as mistletoe cactus, and other nicknames (Rhipsalis species): https://garden.org/plants/sear... 👀😁😂 - SMILE! -☺😎☻☮👌✌∞☯🐣🐦🐔🐝🍯🐾 The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The 2nd best time is now. 👒🎄👣🏡🍃🍂🌾🌿🍁❦❧ 🍃🍁🍂🌾🌻🌸🌼🌹🌽❀☀🌺 ☕👓 The only way to succeed is to try. |
South Germany (Zone 7b) just mlem on!    dewayx Oct 23, 2021 3:44 AM CST |
| My Sansevieria cylindrica does a lot of that guttation thingy as well, but only after I watered it once a week. Does that mean that the soil isn't loose enough or water retention too high? get the mlems in! Don't let them get wet or stale outside, come on! |
Name: Daisy I Reno, Nv (Zone 6b) Not all who wander are lost DaisyI Oct 23, 2021 6:12 PM CST |
| Its not an overwatering issue, that would cause rot. Its a combination of moisture in the soil, humidity in the air and temperatures. It never happens at my house because the humidity is too low. Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and proclaiming...."WOW What a Ride!!" -Mark Frost President: Orchid Society of Northern Nevada Webmaster: osnnv.org |
South Germany (Zone 7b) just mlem on! dewayx Oct 23, 2021 10:08 PM CST |
| Ooooohh yea, must be all my mosses, they take in and transpire a lot of water get the mlems in! Don't let them get wet or stale outside, come on! |
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