A Gardeners Forum Forums Gardening Reference Gardening in 2007 Cathedral Cactus ~ euphorbia trigona

Here he is. I used to keep him in direct sun all day but found out that if I keep him in shade and only a couple of hours of sun a day, then he gets nice green (and reddish) leaves!! He's so cool!! Anywho, what the dickens is he?
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Hey Gamblefish,
Goooooooooood to see you postin'!!!

I haven't a clue what your cactus is....
but waaaaaaayyyyyyyyyy coooooollllllllll!!!

Get on the trading section here..
Betchya lot's of them here would trade cuttings
with you...
That plant is so neat!!!

There's a bunch of us that like to try
to figure these out..
so give them all a wee~bit of time to come thru..

hi gamblefish ~

i believe that your plant is euphorbia trigona ("african milk tree").
yours looks great! cool how you're bringing out the color.
they can get to be at least 6 ft tall (yours looks nearly that tall already ?)
and, if ya need another one, or wanna share, they start very nicely from cuttings.

Good Call Zuzu!!!

Yep, Rugby just PM'd me with
a google search of the type of plant..
EUPHORBIA TRIGONA

I can't get over how cool lookin' that plant is.
*I really thought it was a cactus* :rolleyes:

Dear Mr. gamblefish...
I usually give people here a hard

I love that plant!

If you ever decide that you want to share a little piece of it (the plant) let me know.
I have a bunch of stuff to trade...and will even throw in a few African Grey parrot feathers.

Nice to meet you.

Cindy Faye

Hi Weezie,

I typed my reply and when I hit add reply, it disappeared.

Anyway, I hope you get this one.

The plant is African Milk tree [EUPHORBIA trigona]

Papito...just an FYI! When you use the quick reply if you happen to go down to the "POST REPLY" and click on it ....your whole post will poof....the one without the graemlins is the quick reply....make sure to click the one closest to the box. I have done that soooo many times....so frustrating.

I have the Euphorbia trigona. If I had to take only one plant when I moved...that would be it.
Love it, love it, love it!!!!

Cindy...it has thorns! You really want a piece of it????

Weezie PM'd me about this yesterday morning, but I didn't notice until just now. Duh.

Another name for it is Cathedral cactus.

Catlover,

Thanks for the info.

Now, testing input.

I actually have this plant too, but didn't know what it was. Got a foot long cutting about 2 years ago, and it just kept shooting straight up - very tall and skinny. All of a sudden this past winter, it started to put out side shoots about 1/2 way up.

Can I cut the top part off and root that, so the plant isn't so ridiculous looking?

How does one get it to become full, like the beautiful one pictured here?

Wow! Thanks all for the replies.

Weezie, I thought it was a cactus too. I mean, it does have stickers...

Thank you zuzu, you rock! He's actually about 4 feet from dirt to tip. I've had him for a looooooooong time, about 5 or 6 years I think. Can't remember where I got him. There are actually 2 plants. I split them up last year, but they didn't do so well so this spring I put them back into the same pot. I think they missed each other cause now they are growing like crazy!

Cindy, I appreciate your gentleness...ya know, I'm about this far from the edge most of the time... And I would love to trade stuff!! African grey parrot feathers!! Can I stick 'em in dirt and grow PARROTS!! I would like that...

Anyway, if ya wanna trade, just tell me what to do.

And thanks to the rest of you...this is getting to be like a long-winded, boring acceptance speech at one of those award show things...I appreciate all your answers.

We love !!!

Zuzu's Petal wrote:

From Success With Houseplant:

Lynn,

It Grows large with time. It gets both high and wide and only the ceiling will stop it's growth indoors.

Thanks so much, Papito!
I really appreciate the info on how to take cuttings, as the one piece is getting soooooooo high and thin that I can't imagine it will stand upright for much longer.

i have one as well. It is a euphorbia trigona"good luck" cactus!

Hi, We have Euphorbia Trigona in our office, which is doing well, but is getting a bit too big for its pot. When would be the best time of year to re-pot it? Thanks, The Old Giffers x

hey i have one as well.
the variety of
euphorbia trigona"ruby"
has red leaves on it. i got mine as a 2" cutting.
shes about 2 feet now. probably would have done better if i had not transplanted her so much!
shes also called a "good luck cactus"
rhonda

ok I KNOW this plant now.My mom had me one started from hers once(hers is big.it was 8 ft and they started haveing problems getting it inside slideing doors for the winter...think bubby moved moved out with dolly too ) I didn't KNOW what it was so didn't dig it& it got frost bite& the DR was a quack& it turned black& composted in spot.
And NOW....that I SEE THESE shots.....it looks like my mystery plant,but it don't have those lil side leaf thinggys .

If I recall///step dad said he rooted it in water.I do believe he showed me a jar of water b4 potted it up for me(that was 3 years ago,I'll have to look old webshots ablum..........)

So whats their major temp.I do cold GH.I place my tenders at the back close 2 house and my hardier ones at screenside.I also group plants together...they do the "cold-green-house-huddle"

Sure glad I cruised through some posts.........See?its not ALWAYS bad

I just found out yesterday what this plant is called. I have been bringing it inside during cold weather, it may freeze?? I got this plant (cutting) about 5 yrs ago from a Chinese Restaurant. When I do bring it indoors the leaves seems to start turning yellow & dropping. I value my African Milk plant/"Cathedral cactus" very highly. Something I am very proud of.