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Need Euphorbia I.D.

12 years ago

I posted this over in Cacti and Succulents, but no bites so far. Figured I'd get a larger group over here. I used to have this plant, and would like to get another one, but can't find the variety name of it. It's a Euphorbia Trigona, but has some other sort of name. Google is useless after it's algorithm update. I've looked at hundreds of pics and this is the only one I could find of this plant. It's in the top picture, the one on the far right.

Here is a link that might be useful: Euphorbia

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jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
12 years ago
I wonder if you misspelled something for the search? In any case, you can reset Google so that it works like it did before the update as follows:

* start any Google search
* click on the picture of a cog (upper right corner)
* select Settings
* Under "Google Instant", select the radio button to "Do not use Google Instant"
* Change the number of results to Display to 100
* Click the Save Preferences button
* You may have to close the browser and then reopen it for those changes to take place

When I plugged Euphorbia trigona into Google, I got tons of images and several common names, including; African Milk Tree, African Milk Plant, Cathedral Cactus, Ruby Good Luck Cactus, Crested Ghost Cactus and Cactus King.
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Original Author
12 years ago
I did not misspell anything, and as I am a freelance writer, I know how to use Google very well. I got all those pictures as well, but I did not get any pictures of THIS plant, except the one I posted.
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I don't have the answer. I have a Tropica book. The pictures in it seem to back your descriptions of the difference. The plant I have clones of I have called E. ingens. It came without a name from a neighbor. I have never thought it was a E. ammak. My I.D. confusion was between E. ingens and E. candelabrum. Here is a poor mood shot I have on my screen. The shots I took today will not appear as I failed to note there was no card in the camera. This has the growth spurt summer/winter affect you mention in an old "tall Euphorbia" article you penned. The fruit are concentrated at the growth tips. They stay yellow and succulent. The spine shields are mostly small. New growth from the bottom has some mild variegation that goes away. The trunk becomes grey/brown and tree like as it matures.
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mytime
12 years ago
How about E. trigona f. crestata (I think it's supposed to be 'cristata', but the pictures I can find have it spelled with an 'e'). If that's it, depending on the cause of the fasciation, you might not be able to find another one like you had.
TulsaRose
12 years ago
Thanks for the Google settings tip, Jekees1. I appreciate it!
jekeesl (south-central Arkansas)
12 years ago
Glad that helped tulsarose. I knew that I could be misinterpreting the original post, but decided to comment anyway, since several family members and friends had problems with Google settings after they "improved" it.

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