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Please id interesting specimen

3 years ago

location : North Thailand

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Dave in NoVA • N. Virginia • zone 7A

3 years ago

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floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Aha, so this is the ‘ugly plant’ from your other post. I think it was correctly identified, amazingly, by macranthos as Euphorbia lactea 'Cristata' f. variegata
jauntyjohn_123 thanked floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
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Omar is spot on - it's this http://davesgarden.com/guides/pf/go/62939/#b also known as Shin Daggar which alludes to the fact it's dangerous to shins if the shin owner is not paying attention. I would love to propagate this, with gloves, of course. Sadly it does die after it blooms. Dave's garden website doesn't indicate that it grows close to Fort Worth but I attest that it does. At the risk of sounding not too bright, we live at the base of an old Indian mountain...Comanches and Apaches lived on and around our land. The romanticist and legend writer in me wonders if I could spin the presence of this plant into their history in our area. Thank you Omar for the ID.
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cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Dave, though I've not been on The Tube, I'd recognize that bit of cleverness anywhere. I tried to steal it, to no avail. Any chance of educating me on how to, please?

The plant is exceedingly well-grown. Though not wanting a lot of water (and Thailand being a tropical country), I'm always amazed at their Ariocarpus specimens and how lush they are.
jauntyjohn_123 thanked cactusmcharris, interior BC Z4/5
tsugajunkie z5 SE WI ♱
3 years ago
I just repotted mine which is about 2/3 that size. I couldn’t believe how heavy it was. Just laying it down to cut the old pot off caused it to bleed. Jeff’s (cactusmch’s) pic of the prizefight he lost with E. lactea was vivid in my mind. I kept repeating “Don’t touch your face, don’t touch your face”. Someone overhearing me likely thought I was doing some sort of Covid-19 mantra.

tj
macranthos
3 years ago
Why always the tone of surprise, floral? ;-)
gardengal48 (PNW Z8/9)
3 years ago
Maybe because the photo that included the ID'd euphorbia was so shaded and not in sufficient detail to make any ID easy??
floral_uk z.8/9 SW UK
3 years ago
The ‘amazingly’ was one of admiration. The previous picture was well nigh invisible but that was no barrier to your skills.

Say hello to baby Mac.

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