I believe my P. afra is variegated and it is trailing (not as nice plant as yours Neil - and the stems are quite woody).

Rina

It certainly looks like it's trailing Rina! I think the stems get woody looking with the age of the plant which i like.

Finally the parent leaves have dried leaving these behind.

23 of these have sprouted up. I don't know what to do!

These are now bigger than my thumb!

Couple of cuttings of P. afra - top pic is from my original plant, lower are 2 tiny cuttings I just got few days ago:

Your other younglings are great - none of mine are so big yet. Must be that SD sun and heat...(forget about the humidity)

Rina

Most of these have shed their leaves as well and will need a permanent home very soon.

Rina- the bottom 2 cuttings look like a different color than the others..or is it just the angle and lighting?

This batch started in May from bits and snippets and leaves have all grown up nicely. I can't remember the name of the cluster right above the c. ovata.

The others are 3 types of graptosedum: v. higgins, claret and i forget that last one, lol.

There is a mini form of sedum rubrotinctum to the right of the G. debbi.

These are rosettes that i be-headed about 3 weeks ago. The 3 larger ones are from Graptopetalum paraguayense variegata. (courtesy of Flora Grubb Nursery).

The others are 6 rosettes from a Graptosedum rosa (courtesy of Solana Beach Succulents)

Actually they're all courtesy of my own wallet!

The coloration on these cuttings have dulled and no signs of anything yet. I don't think they've rooted.

On the brighter side...this is the originating source of those cuttings and all the stems are growing little rosettes and the leaves i've detached have all rooted and have plantlets as you can see. This is the same batch i showed Sugi-Grace on another post on her thread a while ago. They have grown considerably!

I hope you guys and gals post some of your photos on here for me!

Neil, if we meet again someday may I have a cutting of the green plant in your first picture? Please... :D

Your Euphorbia situation has an easy solution........ Enjoy

Joe- No Way! (kidding) of course you can! I hope you take some of the baby euphorbias too. And if i end up leaving California you can have the entire balcony! It has grown since you saw it last and you'll need a truck! lol.

Nomen- They're kind'a growing too big for the pot i think!

Neil

The 2little ones are totally different from my plant - they have very little green and mostly creamy color. I don't know if they will change-color up more in time (first they have to root!)

The 'cluster' you can't remember name of - could it be xGraptoveria Fred Ives? Leaves look very similar...Rina

Rina- I see. i wonder if your cuttings are a variation on a variegate? I can't wait for them to root for you.

Re: Fred Ives. Last year someone gave me one of their leaves. It grew so quick and so large i had to do a double-take. First a leaf...then a few days later roots and the next day a LARGE plantlet,,a little while later, a plant! I'm certain you know all this, just still amazed at Fred Ives. To my knowlege I only had the one plant. I don't recall having 2 bunches of them now. A few leaves i didn't notice must have gotten into my propagation trays.

If it is fred ives that we suspect then, it will have to be gifted as soon as possible. I don't have the room for them! I already have an aeonium nobile Tree and that's growing like crazy too.

Would ya look at this!! ??

I found these growing around my Mammillaria nivosa. I did not put them there. I've had the cactus for 2 years. Where could they have come from?? It has an olive-green coloration, the leaves are pointed at the edges and has a reddish-orange speckled pattern.

I could not get the camera to focus i'm a bit shaky today and i could not get in any closer because of the spines.

Neil, is that elephant bush? If so I've got a normal and a variegated one that you are of course welcome to cuttings of.

Just took this one, sorry about the flash quality.

Nicholas- thank you. a very generous offer. That sure is a cute pup in your photo : )

Neil, what are euphorbias? Pix would help... especially if they're colorful since the wife gives me a hard time because all of my succulents are greenish :D

So if you want to part ways with any succulents, let me know since my collection is so small.

Are you serious about moving out of CA? Why? There is no place like SD! So think again ;)

My cactus cutting has finally stabilized so it's now happily chugging out little pups all over the place! It's technically a sprout, right?

I would say so Tavar! I like the forms of the spines. I'm drawing a blank on the species.

Joe- sorry I forgot..you're not allowed to have them! They have spines.

Euphorbia Horrida

Joe- please don't mind me..this insane heatwave is making me go crazy. It was a lot better today but, this weekend is supposed to be in the 90's with high humidity also.

You know, life is a funny thing at times. I notice that as the people in my family have aged their intolerance for the cold weather grew with them. For me it seems the older i get the more intolerant i become to humidity.

My mom was the same way. After a certain point in time she only went back east to New York or Massachusetts during winter. The summer weather was too much for her. So for years they always spent winters back east.

I don't recall it ever getting unbearably humid in Spring Valley where my parents lived. It got hot but never humid.

Being I'm house-hunting i must take the weather into consideration. Everyone is trying to convince me that this is a freak thing so we shall see.

When the time comes and if i decide to leave cali you are welcome to the plants. I know you will take good care of them.

Joe - Here are two articles on how to tell the difference between Euphorbia and Cactus.

Differences Between Euphorbia & Cacti

Article 2 on Spotting the Differences

Euphorbia polygona ? or horrida ? Either way you would have to become surgical in repotting to remove the off sets

Are all E. polygona a lighter color or just some of them? Finally saw one here and I'm thinking about going back for it.

Neil, those are beautiful. Surgery for them sounds scary but I'd adopt if you're looking for a home for the babies. Also, be careful when playing with any Euphorbia as I'm sure you're aware :)

Apologies you guys...it is a Polygona. My mind is elsewhere these days. Nicholas you won't be disappointed these are beautiful plants. Paired with the "snowflake" variety it makes a great planting as it gives great contrast.

The "surgery" is not that bad as i've done it countless times. I'm about to have a wrestling match with an opuntia "santa rita" in a little bit. I never look forward to dealing with Opuntia!

Yes Nicholas i'm aware of the euphorbia's sap. I'm glad you mentioned it though so I can tell Joe if he doesn't already know.

JOE----The sap of Euphorbia is TOXIC. I am really stressing this to you because you have kids around. Even a drop of the sap on the skin can be irritating. It can cause a bad reaction in some. Wash it off immediately with hot, soapy water. Do NOT ever get it near your eyes, ears, mouth etc., This is more than just a stinging sensation and it's gone in a few minutes. Some people claim that their vision has been permanently damaged by the sap. If it even gets on your clothing, carefully remove it and wash it immediately.

I'm sure you've seen this all around San Diego. This is the Euphorbia tirucalli or

'firesticks' The branches break very easily and again, the sap is toxic.

E. polygona tend to be taller ( upright) than the shorter E. horrida. The ribs on Polygona also tend to be deeper remaining near vertical unlike E. horrida that often bulge in a lateral direction at random while budging in and outward on the way up a shorter stub type shape. Both have a range of rib count of more than three ( more commonly five or more) but won't exceed any more than twenty.

Good information nomenclature. Always curious to know the differences between similar plants.

Nomen is quite knowledgeable in many things. I often ask for his counsel. I hope he doesn't start billing me!