Date Photo Taken: April 25, 2012
Location: Atlanta, GA
Posted By: jerich770
Notes:
This cutting was taken off a single stalk which was over 6 feet tall. It was growing indoors in front of a tall window facing north, and was sharing a 15 inch pot with five or six similar stalks. The owner has had this plant over 30 years.
Southern Garden Coach Flower Fanatic says:
There are around two thousand species of Euphorbia, and this appears to be Euphorbia trigona, but the sample is a bit etiolated (stretched due to low light) so it’s difficult to make an exact i.d.
May 4th, 2012 at 11:11 pmjerich770 Unregistered says:
Close enough – THANK YOU!
May 5th, 2012 at 4:57 pmMy plant is like the Euphorbia trigona in all respects, except it has only 2 sides, instead of 3 sides like the “trigona”. A “bigona” perhaps?
I should have made and included another photo that more clearly showed the thin, flat profile of its 2 sides. Still, there is no doubt it is a very, very close cousin to the “trigona”. Or maybe it’s an aberration of a trigona adjusting to low light over so many years.
Thanks again!