Euphorbia obesa’Cristata '
Euphorbia obesaHook .
Euphorbia obesaf.cristata
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Crested Baseball Plant , Crested Sea Urchin
Family : EuphorbiaceaeSubfamily : EuphorbioideaeTribe : EuphorbieaeSubtribe : EuphorbiinaeGenus : Euphorbia
Euphorbia obesa’Cristata ' is a fascinatingsucculent plantwith warm , glowering green , fan - form arm , form a snakelike ridge or crowded cluster .
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USDA hardiness zones10a to 11b : from 30 ° F ( −1.1 ° C ) to 50 ° F ( +10 ° speed of light ) .
As Baseball Plant often farm in fond shade in its native habitat , place it on a windowsill where it invite sunlight for only part of the day , preferably during the morning . If you move the plant outdoors during the summer , accommodate it to the increased light gradually and pose it under the high shade of a tree or shrub , where it will receive direct sun only at sentence of the day when the sun is not directly overhead . If it begins to lose its tartan coloring , it ask more light .
Like most succulents , Baseball Plant will rot in sluggish dirt , so keep it in a Lucius DuBignon Clay pot filled with a potting mix intended for cactus and succulents . Use a bay window with at least one drain hole . you could make your own if you do n’t have such a mix uncommitted .
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From spring through fall , waterthe plant exhaustively about once a workweek until water run from the pot ’s drainage holes . Add a liquid state of 10 - 10 - 10 works food at one - quarter military capability at each watering , which should be about two drops of the plant food in 1 quart of piddle . discontinue fertilizing the plant during its dormant wintertime period , and allow its soil to dry before irrigate it again .
Only repot the plant when its cinch maturate large enough to urge against the edge of its current container . Handle the plant carefully , preferably wearing glove , because when broken , the white sap it exudes can irritate the skin .
Learn more atHow to uprise and Care for Euphorbia .
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Euphorbia obesa’Cristata ' is a rare human body ofEuphorbia obesaselected in culture for its mutated growth .
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