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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 18, 2006 15:57:09 GMT
Please can you have a go at ID a plant I bought today! Sadly my camera is rubbish so here's a description - I think it may be a Euphorbia? Tall 2"diameter columns, with tiny smaller leaves up all the ridges, red tinted and with needles all along the ridges too. It's currently about 15" tall with several smaller columns - the lady at the GC said it was a Euphorbia but had no other info - I've googled it but can't find any pictures that match. I realise this is a really inadequate description but do your best! Thanks Mick!
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2006 16:06:23 GMT
Try Euphobia mammillaris for a start.
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Post by andy on Oct 18, 2006 16:07:28 GMT
Sorry.....edited (plz ignore)
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2006 16:09:59 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 18, 2006 16:11:33 GMT
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 18, 2006 16:47:55 GMT
I've had a browse and it's more like a Euphorbia grandidens, but the leaves are red tinted on mine. I've got a bad picture now but I can't get it to paste here! Sorry Mick, I'm being a pain!
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 18, 2006 16:50:49 GMT
![]() i58.photobucket.com AHA!! Can you identify it from this bad picture?? BUM! Now what's gone wrong? I give up. Sorry - ignore me! |
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 18, 2006 16:55:11 GMT
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 20, 2006 8:40:52 GMT
4pygmies - I've found you at last!
I think it's a cultivar of E. trigona.
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 20, 2006 8:48:09 GMT
HELLOOOO! Aha! I'll look it up - thanks SO much for taking the trouble Mick. I really love my new plant - even OH thinks it's interesting and attractive (sigh...he used to feel that way about me!). I can feel a new obsession coming on - I never realised how many different ones there are. I love those pictures of people's GH's full of their collections on the various sites. I don't suppose I shall ever achieve anything like that but you never know. I'm off now to google E.trigona. Thanks VERY much.
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 20, 2006 8:50:57 GMT
Euphorbia trigona 'red' - that's the one! Innit gorgeous...? Cheers!
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Post by sweetleaf on Oct 20, 2006 9:12:03 GMT
OOO! I like that one, about the spines, 4P. are they vicious? some of mine are pretty antagonistic  |
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Post by mickthecactus on Oct 20, 2006 9:20:30 GMT
Glad I could help. I'll have to get you all onto the Mesembryanthemaceae next then!
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Post by 4pygmies on Oct 20, 2006 12:39:01 GMT
Hello Sweetleaf, it's gorgeous, isn't it? The spines aren't too bad actually. Mine is sitting in my kitchen window though where it can't get any of the kids (not until they do something to annoy me anyway.......).
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 6, 2006 21:52:25 GMT
Hi mickthecactus, just been looking at this on Google and it looks similar to a plant I have. Is mine a Euphorbia.    Mine is a bit I broke off a plant we had at work, it was a 2" side shoot and is now about 3' and 3yrs old. The parent plant was so abused, everybody used to water it with left over coffee, it used to be swimming in it and I used to drain it out. It's amazing it ever survived really. |
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Post by mickthecactus on Nov 8, 2006 8:20:21 GMT
Certainly is BB.
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Post by Chuckles on Nov 9, 2006 19:35:44 GMT
Thanks for that mick, always wondered what it was.  |
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