tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216131219986318633.post466122498810073132..comments2024-01-31T11:14:16.764+10:00Comments on Doonan diddly-squat: Mystery treeChartreusehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216131219986318633.post-81974260873150390042010-03-19T16:25:07.709+10:002010-03-19T16:25:07.709+10:00OK, well in honour of your long-lost plant, mine w...OK, well in honour of your long-lost plant, mine will henceforth be known as Rudolph 2, or maybe Rudolph Redux, à la the 2nd novel in Updike's Rabbit series in which Rabbit Angstrom is "10 years older, fatter, softer and settled in". That surely applies to my 2-storey euphorbia, which wouldn't fit in a schoolbus, let alone in a van! (I have a weird feeling we've had this conversation before!)Chartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216131219986318633.post-8629547396986326812010-03-19T11:56:25.455+10:002010-03-19T11:56:25.455+10:00And yes, now that you mention it, our euphorbia wa...And yes, now that you mention it, our euphorbia was called a Pencil "Cactus". I'd forgotten that. It got to be about 3 feet tall, and we called it "Rudolph", because of the antler-like growth, and no leaves. It was actually a succulent and not a real cactus and I think it exuded a milky juice when branches are broken...toxic supposedly, if I remember. I think it was one possession I really hated giving up when we left. We'd brought it, hanging and swaying back and forth in our van, when we moved from New Orleans to New Mexico. And after staying at a friend's somewhere overnight on the trip, we turned around and drove the 100 miles back to her place to pick up "Rudolph", because we'd forgotten we'd put him inside at her place for the night!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216131219986318633.post-37011491515449156562010-03-17T08:49:43.861+10:002010-03-17T08:49:43.861+10:00Well there are 2000 different types of euphorbias,...Well there are 2000 different types of euphorbias, but with that hint I did find one - pencil cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli)- which might be it. I had remembered 'pencil pine' (which clearly it isn't) but maybe the 'pencil' part was right after all.Chartreusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05919069110736697400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2216131219986318633.post-4456987141929852602010-03-17T07:36:23.756+10:002010-03-17T07:36:23.756+10:00Euphorbia?...NanEuphorbia?...NanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com