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Comment by Mary Adams-zone 6a on March 20, 2012 at 1:17pm

Thank you Grant. Now I've got to go finish my homework, that has nothing to do with succulents! (Darn it!)LOL!

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 20, 2012 at 10:48am

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 20, 2012 at 10:48am

Here are a couple of quick pics of my grafted Euphorbia plant.  One also shows two non-contorted shoots that I cut off (one green, one variegated) and rooted in perlite.  They rooted quickly and are now nice little plants.  My main plant has grown quite a bit since I got it.  It's making a variegated-but-not-crested shoot which I'll have to cut off, air-dry, and then root. I still like the albino looking growth on yours more, Mary.   Happy gardening all! 

 

 

 

 

 

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 20, 2012 at 8:38am

Ooooh, very, very nice, Mary!  Much more stunning than mine.  I love it.  I'll try to grab a quick pic of mine once the sun is fully up.  Yours is really nice. Thanks for sharing it--continued success with it!  Take care and happy gardening everyone, Grant

Comment by Mary Adams-zone 6a on March 19, 2012 at 9:41pm

I understand about 'the trimmings'! Here's a pic of my euphorb.

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 19, 2012 at 8:32am

Great update, Mary, continued success with your grafted plant.  We'll want pics and updates of course.

Mine made a couple of non-variegated, non-crested shoots so I cut them off, air-dried them for a week and then planted them in perlite and guess what?  Yup, they rooted and are now cute little plants (one green and upright, and one variegated and upright).  "They" say we should cut off any non-crested, non-variegated growth as those grow faster and can take over the plant or make it unbalanced etc.  I really didn't need any more Euphorbias, LOL, but I just couldn't discard the trimmings!  Happy gardening everyone! 

Comment by Mary Adams-zone 6a on March 18, 2012 at 10:43pm

Beautiful Billbergia, Grant! The colors are outstanding, even if it isn't so unusual.

Thank you for giving me the info I needed. You are absolutely correct. I just did the 'test' on it, and it did bleed white, barely.

Thank you, thank you, thank you. ;-D

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 18, 2012 at 6:42pm

Hi all, Anne had mentioned she grows some Billbergia nutans awhile ago.  It's a super fun plant, and it reminded me to take a look at mine outside on my patio.  I noticed it's just starting to bloom this week so I thought I'd share a pic.  It's not super unusual, but it IS fun and I thought it would be fun to share.  I hope you agree, LOL.  Either way, here it is.  I'm surprised it's winter hardy outside here, but it's been growing strong for 12 years so I guess it is.  Knock wood, LOL.  I hope you enjoy!  Take care and happy gardening!

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 18, 2012 at 6:35pm

Maybe we're talking about different things, by the way?  LOL.  I was saying the "Coral Cactus" that you posted in red/blue pots are Euphorbias.  Maybe you were referring to my 'Curly' Epiphyllum?  He is of course, a cactus, LOL.  Either way, it's always fun to talk plants. 

Here's a quick pic of my grafted, variegated Euphorbia that I bought from IKEA a couple of years ago.  Looking at the plant, and then this pic, shows me it actually IS growing, LOL. 

Happy gardening!

Grant

Comment by Grant Meyer USDA zone 9 on March 18, 2012 at 6:31pm

Fun article, Mary, thanks for sharing it!  I love Rhipsalis too and grow a few and wish I had more, LOL. That's a very nice article--you're right that Rhipsalis are cacti, but the pic below isn't rhipsalis, it's grafted, crested Euphorbias.

However you're totally right that Rhipsalis ARE cacti, but the pic below is grafted Euphorbia lactea in red and blue pots, not Rhipsalis.  I'll see if I can find a link to share.  If you do a quick Google search for "grafted Euphorbias" you'll see what I mean. Thanks for the fun article though, it's giving me a rhipsalis craving, LOL.

Grafted Euphorbias

Happy gardening everyone,

Grant

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