needrain said:I took this photo of Euphorbia mammillaris var variegata today. I've been keeping an eye on it since it's located in all day sun. What it's done so far is lose most of the old spines, but the new ones are just shading into a rosier shade of pink. Also the part where the new spines are growing has sort of a bulbous look on the top that's a bit larger diameter than the lower arm. A couple of of the arms have grown new arms. Hard to tell how much of that may be occurring since they are closer together toward the center. I don't want to burn it up in the sun. Don't always trust the sun here. I moved a little cactus so a larger container could block some sun on it. I moved that one into dappled shade last summer and may do it again if the container doesn't seem to be blocking enough direct sun.
Smotzer said:Looks really healthy Donald! It's much fuller than mine! It'll be a good looking guy as it ages, you'll have to wait till it flowers to get an ID on it!
needrain said:
It did bloom . There were about three blooms scattered on a couple of arms. They were white. I thought it was probably early and that it would bloom heavier later, so no photo. They were so small they looked like a piece of debris that had hung on the arm. I'll have to wait for a better attempt at bloom. They weren't too impressive, so they may not have even been normal blooms.
Baja_Costero said:The first couple of times the plant flowers, there's just a few scattered cyathia. Later on it should bloom in abundance, like this:
- Euphorbia (Euphorbia esculenta)
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You both have your plants in fairly small pots by my standards. The plant has the potential to get big, if you let it. My final pot size here on the patio is 12".