These came as pretty scraggly leftovers from a cactus collector who was moving years ago. I put them in my community garden and they grew on well. I've just had to move them to a new place and would like to get IDs. I personally can't tell the difference between E. ammak, E. trigona, E. ingens etc. but suspect these photos comprise three species?
Cactus #1: a candelabra shape.
Cactus #2: columnar (the far left and two right ones in the first pic below)
Cactus #3: the middle one, very shaded in the group shot above. Also the most beat up, after someone hacked the top off It's just starting to recover now.
Help me ID various columnar Euphorbia cacti?
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Re: Help me ID various columnar Euphorbia cacti?
The first I really like. Nice trunk on that old timer. It sort of looks like a E.triangularis.
The others are what we debate here on A -ville. To me? It looks like what is sold as E.abyssinica Others will tell you its the all green E.ammak. And I think there is a website that says there are no real E.ammaks sold..they are all E. candelabra. I had that bookmarked..might have lost it.
If those last start to develop MANY branches? Then they are for sure E.ingens. My E. abyssinica is not a heavy brancher..neither are the ones on the internet. Short of flowers looked at by a botanist...thats my way.
The others are what we debate here on A -ville. To me? It looks like what is sold as E.abyssinica Others will tell you its the all green E.ammak. And I think there is a website that says there are no real E.ammaks sold..they are all E. candelabra. I had that bookmarked..might have lost it.
If those last start to develop MANY branches? Then they are for sure E.ingens. My E. abyssinica is not a heavy brancher..neither are the ones on the internet. Short of flowers looked at by a botanist...thats my way.
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Here it is. Geoff also has many of these on a Daves Garden article.
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Re: Help me ID various columnar Euphorbia cacti?
Yeah I've been reading a few of the Dave's articles including this one and these cacti are pretty hard to separate at times!
I've more or less decided that they are:
1. candelabra shape, three sided - E.triangularis
2. thicker edges, straight - E. abyssinica
3. thinner edges, wavy - E. ammak
And until someone comes and tells me otherwise, I'm sticking with it!
I've more or less decided that they are:
1. candelabra shape, three sided - E.triangularis
2. thicker edges, straight - E. abyssinica
3. thinner edges, wavy - E. ammak
And until someone comes and tells me otherwise, I'm sticking with it!
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Re: Help me ID various columnar Euphorbia cacti?
#2 looks more like Euphorbia ingens to me; definitely not Euphorbia abyssinica.
#1 & #3 are probably correct.
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Re: Help me ID various columnar Euphorbia cacti?
I would go with E.ingens for no.2 also...Too branchy for the other names.
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