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by EuphorbianDM77
Fri May 20, 2022 9:13 am
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose
Replies: 10
Views: 817

Re: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose

Cape Town is around 20 degrees closer to the equator than London - quite a considerable distance. (I did check before my previous post.) Total insolation of many succulent habitats in RSA, SA in general, will be way higher than in N Europe too, in part due to latitude, in part due to cloud cover. T...
by EuphorbianDM77
Wed May 18, 2022 10:08 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose
Replies: 10
Views: 817

Re: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose

Just a thought - plants from RSA are 6 months out of sync' with Europe. If you have not imported before, give some thought about what cues the plant is likely to be linked to in terms of growth and dormancy, and be prepared. I have brought back some plants from SA about 10 years ago (legally) and o...
by EuphorbianDM77
Wed May 18, 2022 10:03 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose
Replies: 10
Views: 817

Re: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose

Internodal distance in plants is controlled by the amount of blue light, which is what dictates what we see as elongation/etiolation. As the equator is approached, the sunlight contains more blue, on average, plus total insolation increases. Sounds interesting! If distance to the equator is key, th...
by EuphorbianDM77
Wed May 18, 2022 10:00 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose
Replies: 10
Views: 817

Re: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose

ralphrmartin wrote: Wed May 18, 2022 5:53 pm Mine does exactly the same, especially when flowering.

E. pseudoglobosa stays more globose.
That is one I have yet to add to my collection!
by EuphorbianDM77
Tue May 17, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose
Replies: 10
Views: 817

Keeping Euphorbia globosa globose

So, I see many Euphorbia globosa tend to have longish segments, not little globes at all. Has anyone managed to keep their globosa globose? I just ordered a globose specimen from a South African nursery, and am looking for advice. Here is a picture of my specimen, long slender segments, but it flowe...
by EuphorbianDM77
Thu Nov 26, 2015 4:56 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: some cristate Euphorbias
Replies: 1
Views: 1252

Re: some cristate Euphorbias

I'd never seen a tulearensis, or any of those Madagascan-type Euphorbia's, crest before. Looks great!
by EuphorbianDM77
Thu Feb 27, 2014 6:57 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: My Euphorbia and Caudex Blog Update
Replies: 8
Views: 3969

Re: My Euphorbia and Caudex Blog

I believe everybody will agree that buying habitat collected plants is very sad. Anyone in their right mind can see that.
by EuphorbianDM77
Mon Feb 24, 2014 10:55 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Beheading old timers
Replies: 6
Views: 2380

Re: Beheading old timers

When I have an old plant after many years of growing, I personally wouldn't cut it.
by EuphorbianDM77
Thu Feb 20, 2014 8:28 pm
Forum: The Cactus & Succulent Plant Forum
Topic: Hoodia gordonii 2
Replies: 4
Views: 1813

Re: Hoodia gordonii 2

The only Hoodia's that haven't died on me are those I grew from seed a few years back. All the others eventually rotted. Even when I hadn't watered for quite a while... My wintering conditions might just be too cold for 'em. I keep my fingers crossed for the ones from seed. I keep them like most of ...
by EuphorbianDM77
Thu Nov 07, 2013 12:25 am
Forum: Introduce Yourself
Topic: Hello from The Netherlands
Replies: 6
Views: 2510

Re: Hello from The Netherlands

My main interest in this hobby are Euphorbia
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