A uncommon species that is not found in many plant collections. It originates in Minas Gerais, Brazil growing on rocky outcroppings. The color can vary from gray to silver with hints of red. The mature size is 10 to 12 inches across. 

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This is a spectacular, large-growing species, descended from plants grown from seed collected by Wally Berg on Pico do Fernando, Bahia, Brazil. The plants have hundreds of narrow, strap-like, spiny leaves at maturity, recurving downward to form a graceful ball-like shape. Encholirium species grow much like the genus Dyckia, enjoying water in the growing season and a rest in cooler weather.

Can grow in filtered light or full sun. This species is monocarpic or occasionally making one or two offsets. The bloom spike can reach 4 feet in height and branches out, the flowers are large for bromeliads, with green bracts and petals filled with a pungent, sticky fluid, possibly to attract pollinators; bats have been seen pollinating this plant.

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A spiny dwarf shrub from South Africa. Gray-blue to olive green branches with numerous reddish brown spines. Branches at a small size. Can grow to over 12 inches in height. Puts on a nice shows of yellow flowers when blooming. This is considered the minor form.

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An attractive and bizarrely beautiful Euphorb from Madagascar. Thick, procumbent stems bear distinctive leaf scars and inch-long, succulent, very crisped or crinkled leaves. A very flat growing, mat forming shrub with an underground caudex. Flowers or cyathea are tan to pinkish. Light exposure will determine color which can range from deep green to pinkish brown. A superb plant for container culture or rock garden. Water about weekly in warm months and allow a drier rest during cooler periods. Propagate from seed or stem cuttings.

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A weirdly beautiful oddity of Madagascar, with succulent, deeply crinkled leaves and many branched succulent stem. A handsome miniature which can be trained in bonsai fashion.

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A geophyte gem of Madagascar. A caudiciform that has sinuously growing thick branches that form roots on the undersides and are thicker than the type form. The foliage is reddish-brown with light pink veining and are mainly lanceolate. Color increases with bright light and age. The cataphyls can be reddish green to red-brown in color. Seedlings form a caudex that is subterranean, but can be elevated at repotting.

A woody shrub-like spineless Euphorbia from southern Madagascar, which forms a silver-barked trunk and full crown of branches with narrow dark green/gray leaves.

Most amazing is the size of the caudex it ultimately makes, a gourd-like, woody main root up to 6 inches thick which can be elevated above the soil. Makes a great succulent bonsai subject.

A hardy succulent that is native to Nigeria. It forms a thick cylindrical trunk that can reach 24 inches tall with fleshy leaves. Easy to grow like most Euphorbia species. The sap is toxic like most Euphorbias. 

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A procumbent, shrub-like Euphorbia with a surprisingly ample caudex. The plant is a low grower with pencil thick branches bearing tiny spines. When in leaf, the foliage is oblong, with wavy margins and slightly pubescent. The cyathea vary from chartreuse to tan or pinkish-red. The caudex will form underground but can be elevated above the soil. It gets quite thick, to about 2 inches in time. Native to the area of Tongobory in southeastern Madagascar.

This newly discovered plant from Panama, found by Chester Skotak and described by Harry Luther is small species to about 8 to 12 inches across with the general shape and color of a Guz. sanguinea when not in bloom, but has a short bright-red cone-shaped inflorescence with large yellow flowers. Grows with little trouble in warm to intermediate conditions. Suitable for terrariums.

This is the most colorful form of this species that we have found. At least regarding the inflorescence. A very widespread species found in warm regions from Florida, the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and down to Brazil and Peru. It can be extremely common and variable to size and color. In Florida the plants are perhaps the largest, leafiest and there is a variegated clone, but the inflorescence is rather dull, only slightly pink and mostly green.

Some of the small forms have few leaves and so are not very nice but this one, from Ecuador, is large, fairly leafy and has a spectacular red and green inflorescence. The leaves are green tinting bronzy, narrow and pointed and the inflorescence is a tall, cylindrical spike. The upper part of the inflorescence has brilliant red bracts and the lower half green bracts stripped with dark brown. White flowers emerge between all the lower bracts creating a vivid display. The only downside is that the inflorescence does not last as long as most Guzmanias, with only a few weeks of good color.

A species that is native to Mexico. It locality was unknown until recently. A very fine species with thickly succulent, very silvery and spiny leaves. Grows to 20 inches across. Prefers bright light to full sun.