Medusa

Euphorbia in bloom, late summer.



Full picture here, with fruit more evident:



Overhead shot of the plant from last year (a little younger, but you get the idea):

Wow, Baja, what a curious and quite beautiful banner. Nice slice.

Cool banner Baja!

Interesting texture and pattern to the photo. Made me look ~ just to see what it was. Very nice.

Baja,
you have the most interesting succulents & cacti! =O
"...bisexual cyathia with green glands"
What glands? Can you please give us a closeup?

Thank you all for the kind words and the acorn.

As requested, a cyathium closeup from the image above.



Parts labeled
G=nectar gland (5 per cyathium)
F=female (1 central 3-part structure)
M=male (most already broken off in the wind)

For comparison, here is a male (only) Euphorbia with reddish glands.

Thanks, Baja.....very pretty form & flowers.
The plant looks very happy.
Euphorbia flanaganii? I see several on Etsy that have different forms.
https://www.etsy.com/market/me...

for the interesting banner and the informative post following, Baja!

Baja, you always have such cool plants and great banners! Thank you for sharing them with us.

EscondidoCal said:Euphorbia flanaganii?

E. flanaganii has yellow cyathia (glands):



I have tried to figure out the ID of the plant in the banner (as did the guy I got it from originally) but have found no obvious candidates.

I love the Euphorbia banner, Baja! And I especially like the photo where you labeled: female, male and nectar glands. I always get confused and this helps a lot! Thanks.

Baja_Costero said:
E. flanaganii has yellow cyathia (glands):

• Medusa's Head (Euphorbia flanaganii)
• Uploaded by Baja_Costero

Very pretty glands.

I have tried to figure out the ID of the plant in the banner (as did the guy I got it from originally) but have found no obvious candidates.

Well I'm calling it "Euphorbia bajacosterii".

If anyone is interested in one, I just purchased a 1 gal E. flanaganii-medusa, bare root
for $33 free shipping here: https://www.etsy.com/ca/listin...
BTW, on Amazon, they list for $71 for a 9" pot.

It lists for $45, but that's apparently a glitch.
Contact the seller, Eva, if you'd like one for $33 free shipping (USA)
Tell her "Cal sent me".

ps- if anyone knows a better source, please let me know.

Forgive my sense of humor but I though the martians had landed. Had to take a closer look, thanks for posting the various forms of the Euphorbia.