Identification: Help to ID this cool cacti?

Discussion in 'Indoor and Greenhouse Plants' started by LadySparky, Jan 24, 2012.

  1. LadySparky

    LadySparky Member

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    Hello

    Can anyone put a name to this cool looking plant for me please?
    I bougt it because I like unique plants
    It looks like a cactus and it has what look like little tiny leaves on it near the top parts.
    It appears like it grows in branches. Would also like to know what light and such it requires. Thank you in advance for any assistance with this :-)

    PS hope I am posting in the correct forum as it would not let me do so in the cacti and succulent forum
     

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    togata57 Generous Contributor 10 Years

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    Euphorbia, maybe?
    (If so, it is not a cactus.)
    Does your plant have milky sap?
     
  3. mandarin

    mandarin Active Member 10 Years

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    Does not look like a cactus, more like an Euphorbia.
     
  4. Junglekeeper

    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    Might be Euphorbia alluaudii (syn. Euphorbia leucodendron). The plant seems to go by other names, including E. leucadendron which appears to be a misspelling. Also, E. alluaudii has a couple of sub-species: alluaudii and oncoclada. More research required for proper name.
     
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    Looks very like a "pencil cactus" Euphorbia. Outdoors, they will get maybe 10' tall.
     

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