Name: Candelabra Cactus - Souq Garden
SKU: euphorbia-trigona
Price: 55.0 AED
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Scientific name	Euphorbia trigona “Candelabra Cactus”
Common Name	Candelabra Cactus
Watering	Once per week and keep moist
Pests	Spider mites, mealybugs, scale and thrips
Pet friendliness	Toxic to pets and humans
Light	Bright, indirect light
Temperature	18-24 °C
Humidity	50-60% mist if needed
Pot requirement	Good drainage and repot every 1-2 years
Plant height	Up to 90 cm
Potting mix	Potting soil / Red soil / Manure / Perlite
Nutrition	Apply manure once in fortnight and NPK in next fortnight
Pruning & training	Remove dead and diseased leaves with sterile shears
Flower color & season	N/A
Description	Euphorbia trigona is known as Mottled candle stick tree, Milk striped euphorbia, Mottled candlestick, Milkstripe euphorbia, Frilled fan, Elkhorn, African milk plant, False cactus, Hat-rack-cactus, Candle-stick tree, Caper Spurge, Cactus Candelabre, Candelabra Cactus, Candelabra spurge, Dragon bones, Dragoon bones tree, Mottled spurge, Hatrack cactus. These plants with succulent stems and water storage tissue are adapted to dry regions. Like cacti, they have developed similar compact for with reduced surface and less water loss, also green stems replacing leaves in food manufacture. Grows wild, in tropical Asia. Widely cultivated in west Indies, Florida and in many tropical areas world wide. Widely escaped from cultivation and in many places forming dense thickets.