April 2013 - Genus of the Month - Euphorbia

[Lithos]

Euphorbia atrox - another one that I find hard to get going even on graft, it takes ages to root, grows a bit and then shrivels up. Edited by Lithos Dec 2013 _ Lazy name mistake, I'd labelled it as E.ferox, it is E.atrox.

[Lithos]

Next two pictures - Euphorbia sp. sold by Ernst Specks (Germany) nursery last year

Euphorbia unispina sold by a Thailand nursery last year

[Lithos]

Euphorbia meridionalis - one of the few Euphphorbias that have red cyathia (flowers) spelt wrong probably - It has a very long root, and it's another awkward thing to get growing, I often think I've killed it, but it seems to be throwing out roots from the exposed area ( I'll spell adventitious roots correctly when I check the latin phrase book.

[Tina]

Euphorbia decidua

This is one of my favourites, it's Euphorbia groenwadlii.

Euphorbia trichadenia

Euphorbia cylindrifolia

Euphorbia cap saint mariensis

[Phil_SK]

These are fab! I love that ferox from above in particular.

[Tina]

Euphorbia perangusta, Ernie might recognise this as it was his many years ago

This is an odd but very nice monstrose Euphorbia horrida, better than the normal form

A quite spiny Euphorbia tortirama

Euphorbia maromokotrae stoloniferous form of E.ankarensis

Euphorbia unispina

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[Tina]

Euphorbia abdelkuri

Euphorbia martae

Euphorbia turbiniformis crest

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Euphorbia alfredii, really pretty flowers but seems to be very slow growing, never managed to get any seed from this despite the number of flowers you get.

[Lithos]

Yes Phil - they are - Tina's Euph Abdelkuri is really unusual - growing these awkward plants ain't easy and Tina seems to do it well. Personally, I have slowly killed things by mistake, but learned how to deal with each plant over the years, but still have sudden deaths. At this point I think 'why not grow Rebutias, Parodoias,Copiapoas, Echinopsis, etc. - no problems' - your cactus nonsense plants are so easy to keep. I do have a Euphorbia from Peru (dullest Euphorbia thread) which I admit is dull compared to cactus things that grow there.

[Lithos]

Tina - I've got more pictures, sure you have - I suggest Genus of the month for May should continue to be Euphorbia, it's been a late start for most - and flowering cactus are all over the forum.

[Phil_SK]

Fortunately, I've never found difficulty of cultivation as something that drives my taste in plants.