Pencil Cactus Flowering

17 years ago

This past January I took a small 3 inch cutting of a pencil cactus, the "Firesticks" variety, that was growing in Florida. It is just a single stem with one branch. Several days ago I was intrigued to see some growth, but instead of branches it turned out to be small flowers. Is it common for pencil cactus to flower?

Also, I had a crown of thorns cutting flower at the same time. Would there be any chance of cross pollinating a crown of thorns with a pencil cactus, seeing as they are both euphorbias?

Christopher

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steelplayer
17 years ago
My "sticks on fire" flowers regularly. The flowers are very small and will fall away in a short time. I am not an expert but I am pretty sure there is no chance of cross pollinating the two euphorbias.
joscience
17 years ago
Why don't you think these species would hybridize Steelplayer? Unless someone can tell you with some authority, I would say to just try it if you are interested. It certainly won't hurt anything....
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steelplayer
17 years ago
I really have no experience at all with cross pollinating Euphorbias and probably should not have even commented on it. A buddy of mine has tried crossing several Euphorbias that are dissimilar with no success but that doesnt really mean anything. I certainly dont want to discourage experimentation and I would really be interested in the result.