Firestick Pencil Plant

Pencil cactus euphorbia tirucalli is a member of the euphorbia family it is a tropical plant and is native to africa and india.

Firestick pencil plant.

Though it is a succulent and not a true cactus pencil is an excellent cactus houseplant variety that provides a distinctive shape within an indoor landscape. The firestick plant pencil cactus or euphorbia tirucalli is a type of succulent not a cactus. The commonly called pencil cactus euphorbia tirucalli is a member of the euphorbia family another common name for the pencil cactus is milkbush due to the milky white irritating sap or latex the plant releases when the stems are broken. How to grow firestick plant euphorbia tirucalli pencil cactus aka euphorbia tirucalli or et is not a cactus.

They can cause serious intestinal injuries and skin injuries. Care of pencil cactus is minimal. You should place the fire sticks succulent carefully when transplanting. The firestick succulent is also named pencil cactus stick cactus fire plant pencil plant and sticks on fire pictures of the firestick plant show how it gets its name.

Pencil succulents including euphorbia tirucalli are toxic to humans dogs and cats. Information on the pencil cactus plant. Are fire stick plants poisonous to dogs and cats. How do you transplant a fire stick plant.

The pencil cactus is a large plant native to africa and india. However it can also be kept to a more moderate height of 6 8 feet when kept as a houseplant. Another common name for pencil cactus is milk bush it is a succulent plant but not a real cactus like other euphorbia s milky white stem sap from the pencil cactus also turns out which can irritate the skin. The plant is ideal for sunny warm spots indoors or greenhouse growing.

It is a rugged succulent plant that can grow to be over thirty feet high in the wild. Pencil cactus euphorbia tirucalli. Firestick cactus or euphorbia tirucalli rosea is also known as sticks of fire sticks on fire or pencil tree. The succulent has clumps of pencil like stems exhibiting an orangey red.

Often referred to as a cactus the plant is actually a succulent that presents new.