Today I share another of my new acquisitions in cacti and succulents, hoping you like them. They are still very small but I am treating them very carefully so that they grow and prune them to reproduce.
It is a shrubby plant that grows up to one meter high. It is native to Africa. It is not a cactus but a succulent of the Euphorbia family. It presents latex in its stems and leaves after a cut.
It is very striking because of its bluish-green color and the changing tones around it. It has four corners or sides with sharp spines. In the center it has a vertical line of lighter color to the rest of its tones, it is something like dirty white.
It likes sun exposure but not for many hours because it can get burned. It is of tropical climate. It branches very easily as well as its simple propagation by cuttings makes it very easy to reproduce and maintain.
It is a plant native to Peru. It grows up to 4 meters high, has a cylindrical and erect shape, and has multiple cylindrical prolongations on the surface, also green and slightly thickened, which are the branches.
From these prolongations, it is possible to reproduce a new plant. It is of slow growth. It is also called Opuntia Subulata.
It likes sun exposure and reproduces by cutting one of the extensions and sowing.
Common name skeleton plant, pencil plant, finger plant. It is native to Asia and Africa. It is a sun plant but tolerates shade although with changes in its branches.
In the sun it grows upright with stronger branches while in the shade it lies on its side like this one you see because I place it inside my living room and it gets little sun.
It multiplies very well by cutting off pieces of the branch. As it is a Euphorbia, when cutting the branch it spills a toxic white latex, so be careful when touching it.
It is a succulent native to Central America. It is not taller than 30 cm and one of its characteristics is to be a creeping plant suitable for hanging in baskets and making foliage.
It is very delicate because it has very thin and erect trunks where the lanceolate leaves grow approximately half a centimeter thick. Some are grouped in the form of rosettes.
It does not tolerate direct sun exposure for long periods. It is more of a shade plant.
@gertu from Venezuela to the world