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    Euphorbia Enopla

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    Euphorbia enopla is a succulent shrub native to South Africa that grows up to 1-1.5 meters tall. It has thick, finger-sized stems covered in prominent long red spines. Small gray-green leaves are ephemeral while red and purple male and female flowers appear in cyathia. It prefers well-draining soil and moderate watering year-round except in winter when it is kept dry. E. enopla propagates easily from cuttings or seed and makes a colorful, low-growing specimen plant.

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    Euphorbia enopla is a succulent shrub native to South Africa that grows up to 1-1.5 meters tall. It has thick, finger-sized stems covered in prominent long red spines. Small gray-green leaves are ephemeral while red and purple male and female flowers appear in cyathia. It prefers well-draining soil and moderate watering year-round except in winter when it is kept dry. E. enopla propagates easily from cuttings or seed and makes a colorful, low-growing specimen plant.

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    Euphorbia enopla is a succulent shrub native to South Africa that grows up to 1-1.5 meters tall. It has thick, finger-sized stems covered in prominent long red spines. Small gray-green leaves are ephemeral while red and purple male and female flowers appear in cyathia. It prefers well-draining soil and moderate watering year-round except in winter when it is kept dry. E. enopla propagates easily from cuttings or seed and makes a colorful, low-growing specimen plant.

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    Euphorbia enopla is a succulent shrub native to South Africa that grows up to 1-1.5 meters tall. It has thick, finger-sized stems covered in prominent long red spines. Small gray-green leaves are ephemeral while red and purple male and female flowers appear in cyathia. It prefers well-draining soil and moderate watering year-round except in winter when it is kept dry. E. enopla propagates easily from cuttings or seed and makes a colorful, low-growing specimen plant.

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    Family: Euphorbiaceae
    Scientific name: Euphorbia enopla Boiss.

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    Origin: South-western South Africa.


    Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.
    Common Name: Pincushion Euphorbia

    E. enopla belongs to Euphorbia section 19 along with


    mammillaris, anoplia, ferox, heptagona, pentagona
    are all similar in form. In particular E. enopla looks a lot like
    ferox is much fatter.

    Flowers have striking dark red bracts

    Euphorbia enopla is a beautiful species, partly because of its long red-purple spines.
    It can form soon a large bunch. It isn't an actual cactus, but it looks a lot like one.

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    Description: Its a heavily branching dioecious succulent shrub that grow to about 30-100 cm, much branched
    from the base, profusely covered with thick, prominent lovely long red spines.
    Stems: The branches are fat, finger-sized, columnar or curved 20-30 cm x 3 cm and rise principally from the
    ground and above near the base. They are light grey-green to bluish-green in colour
    Ribs: Plump 6-7(-8) with deep groves between, grey-green, knobby-crested with very shallow tuberles.
    Leaves: Tiny, ephemerals.
    Spines: The spines are indeed solitary sterile peduncles, they are very numerous, about 6 mm apart, stout, spiny
    rigid, 1-6 cm straight to curved, reddish turning purple and finally grey.
    Flowers: Male cyathia on solitary peduncle, 8-25 mm long. Female shorter, with 4-6 small bracts, dark red up to5
    mm in diameter.
    Fruit: Globose, subsessile.

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    Cultivation: Common and relatively easy to grow plant f


    grows well in a very draining mineral potting substrate,
    about soil. The area where this plant is native receives ra
    and summer, so it can be watered moderately all year arou
    coldest month of the winter, as it rot easily ,especially if o
    the summer, they enjoy average feeding and watering. W
    winter, keep it totally dry at or around 4C, even though it s
    light frosts well. Mature healthy plants are tough and ca
    outside where frost is not too severe, but when left out it is
    frost. They do need a lot of light to keep their compact
    different clones vary in their tolerance of full sunshine. Th
    not kept in full sun grow faster, but became untidy and may
    they get larger, or branches fall off. But if grown in the p
    shade, the thick purple spines of this low-growing clumpin
    have the best colour. Sometimes, in really hot full sun all
    will bleach out a bit. It soon grows into a large, many ste
    and it can fill a 30 cm bowl. It is also a prolific bloome
    spectacular specimen.

    Warning: As with all other Euphorbias, when a plant get damaged it exudes a thick white milky sap known as
    Propagation: It is propagated by cuttings or seeds. It branc
    latex. This latex is poisonous and may irritate skin. Pay extreme attention not to get any in your eyes or mouth.
    enthusiastically, and offsets are readily available. If you rem
    Cultivated plants must be handled carefully.
    remember to let it dry for a week or so, letting the wound he
    planted too soon easily rot before they can grow roots). It is
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    the cut to remove the latex. The seed can be sown just und
    normal seedling trays in a sandy seed mix. Germination usu
    within 1 - 3 weeks.

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