I've only had this since May, but somehow it seems like a lot longer. When I got it, as an unrooted cutting, it had a pair of flowers on it but no leaves; once the flowers dropped, it started growing leaves like crazy, but no flowers. I guess I must have given it a particularly strong dose of fertilizer a week or two ago, because suddenly it's regrowing flowers.
The original flowers were a mix of red and yellow, so I'm guessing the plant is telling me that it would like stronger light. Still, though. It's a really nice yellow. I'm not complaining.
Excellent!
ReplyDeleteI love those charming little flowers!
ReplyDeleteDoes it have giant leaves or is it a tiny cutting? If those are giant leaves then I'm in love!
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ReplyDeleteIt's big leaves. The pot is a little over 2 inches on a side; the longest leaves are close to 5 inches long. Its older sibling -- a cutting from the same plant -- has leaves about 6 inches long.
My guess is that it's probably one of the so-called "Thai hybrids," like the one I describe here.
One of the happiest moments in a gardener's life has to be when a plant you've almost given up on suddenly starts blooming its head off. I'm glad you got the Euphorbia to over-perform.
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