Rounded red flowers with yellow centre, shiny leaves

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  1. oubee

    oubee In Flower

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    A plant I picked during a walk. The flowers grow in pairs I think.

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  3. CrisGzr

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    how unusual, they look so cute!
     
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    Droopy Slug Slaughterer Plants Contributor

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    Now, that's the kind of plant I'd love to be able to pick up while going for a walk. :D
     
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    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    Looks like the Crown of Thorns I have in my office window!
     



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  6. oubee

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    Thanks Cris & haha Droopy :D I deemed it wise to omit the words CEMETERY WALK :D

    Stratsmom: Mine is not a thorny plant though. The flowers somewhat resemble but are hardier and the leaves much smaller. Is the picture below one of a Thorny plant? The flowers are of a pale pink colour <3

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    Sure looks like it :p
     
  8. oubee

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    Except that those thorns are non-prickly ones :D
     
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    I hope this might be interesting....

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    Pale pink euphorbia ( photo / image / picture from chocolate's Garden )

    This red one is the mother of the pink coloured ones,seeds from the red one always come up that washed out pink colour.To get a red one, a cutting has to be struck.
    They are all growing in the ground and in the shade.
    I have this bright pink one in a pot which was just one stem and I cut the top off and it branched out and is almost always in flower.
    This is probably my favorite at the moment...and by the way, they all have soft prickles.




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    Notice seedlings at base ( photo / image / picture from chocolate's Garden )

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    Euphorbia milli, about 5ft high ( photo / image / picture from chocolate's Garden )

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    Potted euphorbia ( photo / image / picture from chocolate's Garden )
     
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    oubee is beautiful :-D
     
  11. oubee

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    I knowww! And the pics are pretty tooo!! My plant remains unidentified though :(t's keeper but I'd like to know more about this thornless Crown of thorns.
     
  12. cherylad

    cherylad Countess of Cute-ification Plants Contributor

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    oubee... your's sure look like Chocolate's euphorbia to me.
     
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    You are right, Cheryl. It's the pale pink variety in the first picture. The flowers give that away instantly! Thanks dear all :) But the first picture is quite different. The flowers resemble that euphorbia but the stem is different. Guess it's a rare tropical plant no one ever stumbled upon....? That's highly unlikely :D
     
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    Saw the flower for sale at a fair but the seller had no idea of the name. GRRR!
     

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