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Post by dvg on Feb 14, 2022 11:19:28 GMT
That's unfortunate Fred. Did that plant arrive in overall poor health/condition? Good luck with the cuttings and hopefully at least one of them strikes for you... 🙏 All it takes is one to bring it back from the brink of the bin.  dvg |
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Post by fredg on Feb 14, 2022 12:09:50 GMT
The plant was dehydrated which isn't too far out of the ordinary in winter. The decline was rapid though. The first main stem I cut and found no latex was the big surprise.
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Post by fredg on Apr 12, 2022 10:24:13 GMT
The Euphorbia are now back in the Greenhouse.
Three fatalities over winter, all tropicals. These will not be replaced with the same species.
Looking at the space situation their old space will probably be taken up by repotted seedlings
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Post by dvg on Apr 13, 2022 4:55:36 GMT
Three fatalities over winter, all tropicals. These will not be replaced with the same species. That makes sense after they failed to survive a mild winter; you'd only be setting yourself up for heartache again by reseeding them. Hopefully all of the euphoria hasn't gone missing from your Euphorbia rescue attempts there Fred. Did either of the two you mentioned earlier survive - the one placed on the windowsill with the odd skin coloring and texture, as well as the other one that was lacking latex, even when you cut into a thicker stem...were you able to resurrect either one? dvg |
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Post by fredg on Apr 13, 2022 6:35:10 GMT
The E. pseudocactus arm is still extanct. Fingers and toes still crossed on that.
The E. ritchei, E. lenewtonii and E. aeruginosa succumbed even though the minimum temp was 9C under lights.
E. bisellenbeckii is reduced to one arm cutting, currently allowing the cut end to callous before potting.
I knew the risk with the tropicals so I'm not surprised, just disappointed.
On the other hand, E. succulenta and E. guentheri didn't give a hoot. They're doing fine
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Post by fredg on Apr 20, 2022 9:40:29 GMT
The reinstalled Euphorbia corner.  Naturally this is not all the Euphorbia  |
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Post by fredg on May 2, 2022 14:52:31 GMT
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Post by fredg on May 18, 2022 17:50:32 GMT
This E. grandicornis seedling has decided it's time to branch out.  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 23, 2022 16:04:47 GMT
The essence of Cow Byre has appeared again in the bottom greenhouse. Last year MrsG didn't believe me when I told her the source. She said it was from the carnivores. However she stuck her nose next to one of these little stink bombs today and she believes me now. E. flanaganii
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Post by fredg on Jul 23, 2022 18:08:34 GMT
A couple of the E. grandicornis seedlings. They're coming along nicely.   |
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Post by fredg on Jul 24, 2022 13:40:54 GMT
I've been asked on the BCSS forum if the flowers on this E. flanaganii are male or female. It's my understanding that the Cyathium ( the Euphorbia inflorescence) comprises of the bracts which enclose a female flower surrounded by male flowers.  My question is; Why are there no photos on the internet where the flower colour on E. flanaganii matches mine?  |
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Post by fredg on Jul 24, 2022 22:08:50 GMT
E. stellata is looking like it's about to erupt into a riot of blooms. 
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Post by fredg on Jul 29, 2022 10:31:24 GMT
E. flanaganii fully open and the scent has declined   |
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Post by fredg on Jul 29, 2022 11:04:13 GMT
It's not the best specimen nor the largest by any means but it's alive and growing.  It's a survivor that's for certain. |
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Post by fredg on Sept 7, 2022 9:40:38 GMT
I reported in April that there were three winter fatalities in the tropical Euphorbia. Well, this is one of them. The E. bisellenbeckii died off except for one shoot/arm. This had a dead section in the middle so I trimmed it back to live material. Five months later it now looks like this. If that ugly scar doesn't cover over I may just use this for cuttings.  Meanwhile the top section was also trimmed back to live material and left for a week to callous over. I then potted it up and it has rooted and put on some growth.  I think it's fair to say that I'll have to alter the record to show only two fatalities as this one looks at the moment like it's a save. I spotted a young yellow flowering E. flanaganii up for sale at a very decent price so naturally it's now in my collection.  It has flowered this year so it's a definite ID. This now joins my original smelly one which is still throwing out the odd flower so it's not so smelly when they're not en masse.  And of course the off shoots which are also opening the odd flower.  Ignore the spiders, they're quite friendly and they stop some nasties that may attack the plants  Now I'm sure corky will have noticed a couple of E. obesa x globosa which are co-habiting the tray. Here's the main pot.   Of course there are a few others.  |
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not here it isn't