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FaeLLe
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by FaeLLe Fri Aug 10, 2018 12:26 pm
Hi,
I recently acquired this pricey plant and was looking for someone to help me identify please.
The seller marked it as Euphorbia tenuispina but that does not seem to make any sense as I cannot find anything about that name on the internet.
I also planted this very deep (the roots are only 3/4 the of the way into the bottom of the pot at the tip of the caudex). Will that be okay? It is in pure pumice.
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by Tina Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:16 pm
Sorry can't help, nice looking, they said an african plant or ??
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by MikeDom Fri Aug 10, 2018 4:31 pm
I did a search on Euphorbia tenuispina and came up with the following:
https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=eupho ... 9&dpr=1.05
Could they have abbreviated the name from Euphorbia milii var. tenuispina (Crown Of Thorns)?
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by brianc Fri Aug 10, 2018 8:44 pm
The nearest answer i can come up with is Euphorbia Enormis.
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by ralphrmartin Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:04 pm
It's a bit like Euphorbia knuthii, although that has fairly regular markings, whereas your plant seems to be more mottled.
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by ralphrmartin Sat Aug 11, 2018 10:17 pm
There is a species called Euphorbia tenuispinosa which is also similar - but again that too has fairly regular markings.
