wow this is impressive!

I took a cutting of the one on the right and it has taken root just recently but took ages. the mother plant was massive probably 10 feet across.

regards
Darren

Hi Mutant, I don't have heaps of old plants, only about ten or fiteen and those are the oldest euphorbias. All my others are newish. I started collecting very briefly about ten or twelve years ago but had no space for them when I moved out so my parents have been looking after them for me. I have only just started collecting again about six months ago.
The first one is not an enopla, I just posted a pic so you could see the size at that age, I have probably had that one eight years or longer but it was in shade and has just started growing a lot recently.
The second one I purchased from my local cactus nursery when I first started to collect, and I am sure it is an enopla, and it should be at least ten. It had the red spines when it was young, and it was very small, I probably got it in a ten cm pot and it was multi-branched. I'd say it's been repotted at least six times now, and it has always been in the driveway in full sun.
I did ask one of the people at the nursery about the extreme woodiness recently and she said it was normal for a plant of that age.
I have some other fairly recently purchased euphorbias I can show you some pics of if you'd like to see them, they're all starting to pup now which is interesting, I bought some small rooted ones online.
I have just cut one branch off the big one to grow a couple for Mum and they seem to be going okay.

Thanks for detailed answer, really appreciated... Yeah sure, I would like to see photos of the young when you have time.

Darren, I think they are best to propagate in their later, cooler, colder growing season, which is towards the automn for us which is cooler, If you have winter [=cold weather] in summer, I suppose your 'automn' is coming in spring, right?

Yes I do go on a bit These are ones I have just gotten recently, I am sure to get more soon



trigonas, the one on the right I just managed to get to root and put leaves out, I have killed legions before him...



This was a freebie from a seller, no idea what sort and it is refusing to root, but showing no signs of decline three months in



green elf, they can look more attractive than this poor guy, he was starved when I got him


not 100% sure, just got that at a market



greenwayi



aeurignosa, just branching now



unknown, new growth



common name albino corn cob



valida, these look amazing when they get the woody stalks after they flower, this one is quite young



pineapple plant

Yeah we should probably start a new thread in the succulents section, technically they're not cacti
Water??? If it ever roots I will let you know, it just hangs about and falls over once in a while