Euphorbia milli - Crown of Thorns
by Lingfai Leung
Title
Euphorbia milli - Crown of Thorns
Artist
Lingfai Leung
Medium
Photograph - Photographs
Description
I have posted earlier this delicate succulent flower earlier and named it "Everlasting Kisses" in my collection because I found the flower has a resemblance of "Hot Lips" in deep pink colors. I always appreciate small flower shrub as its beauty can be compared to larger flower blooms.
Edited from Wikipedia
Euphorbia milii (crown of thorns, Christ plant, Christ thorn) is a species of flowering plant in the spurge family Euphorbiaciae, native to Madagascar. The species name commemorates Baron Milius, once Governor of R�union, who introduced the species to France in 1821. It is suspected that the species was introduced to the Middle East in ancient times, and legend associates it with the crown of thorns worn by Christ.
It is a succulent climbing shrub growing to 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) tall, with densely spiny stems. The straight, slender spines, up to 3 cm long, help it scramble over other plants. The leaves are found mainly on new growth,and are obovate, up to 3.5 cm long and 1.5 cm broad. The flowers are small, subtended by a pair of conspicuous petal-like bracts, variably red, pink or white, up to 12 mm broad. The sap is moderately poisonous.
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August 7th, 2014
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