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| Page 4: EUPHORBIA'S - a vast range of succulents some of which I prefer more than others particularly the cacti look-alike plants. This page may have more plants added or changed from time to time, as more of my slides are processed. Clicking on a thumbnail takes the visitor to a new screen with an enlarged or alternative view plus text descriptions and links. |
| Euphorbia horrida cristate: a very rare plant raised from seed obtained from New Zealand in 1982. |
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| Cultivation is easy; needs plenty of water in the growing season but hardly any in the winter. This plant, one of two grown, has never flowered so propagation has to be from cuttings. Normal heads are produced but they all go cristate in time. The plant in the picture was twice the size in (February 2001). |
| Euphorbia milii breonii: A close-up of the flowers showing a developed cyathia. |
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| A second flush sometimes occurs in late winter. |
| Euphorbia milii var. breonii: from Madagascar, a spiny plant like a larger version of the "Crown of Thorns" with larger brilliant red cyathophylls which surround the cyathia (the true flower). The plant is deciduous in low winter temperatures 5/7 degrees C. New growth in spring is quickly followed by the amazing flowers which carry on for a long period into early autumn. Plenty of water is required in the growing season. | ||||||
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| A photo of the plant in flower, to be used for the final picture. | The background and pot removed using Paint Shop Pro, then saved as a "dp" file. | The dp file mirror- imaged and saved as a "dpr" separate file. | A desert scene from a clip art file. The dp and dpr files are combined and pasted on to the rocks. Click the second image for a better look- file size 53 KB | |||
| Euphorbia supernans: Yellow flowers. |
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| From Eastern Cape Province. A very easy plant to grow & to propagate from seed. The young seedlings appear everywhere and look straggly at first until the caudex develops. The plant shown is 8 years old. Flowers yellow in summer. |
A cultivar from Horace Kennywell. The original plant was given to me by Mr
Kennywell many years ago and I have treasured it and its progeny ever since.
It is a fast growing plant which has never branched, needs beheading to produce
more plants. This is a recently rooted cutting.
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