Euphorbia decaryi is a small, perennial, leafy succulent with a shrub-like development and beautiful wavy, zig-zag edged leaves. It is a mat-forming species and spreads almost horizontally on the ground by means of rhizomes. Leaves are tufted in rosettes at the stems tips, deep-red and green coloured, narrow, very succulent, highly undulate, folded and crisp with raised veins and very attractive.
Stem: Succulent, long, irregular, corky, root-like partially subterranean, not very thick around, more or less angled and spiralled covered with scale-like leaves. Above ground the stems are erect or creeping.
Leaves: Evergreen or semi-deciduous, tufted in rosettes at the stems tips, deep-red and green coloured, narrow, very succulent, highly undulate, folded and crisp with raised veins and very attractive. Leaves in summer and under stress assume a nice coppery-bronze colouring.
Flowers: Hanging like small bells. Cyathia yellow in short-stemmed groups with beige, soft tan or pinkish petal-like cyathophylls
Growth rate: It forms a dense mat of tangled stems creating a very nice specimen in just a few years.
Size of the plant: 5 inches, blooming size.
well-rooted, healthy plant
Contents: cactus-1, potting mix, plant tag-1, pot-1.
FERTILIZER: Enrich the soil using a fertilizer rich in potassium and phosphorous.( bonemeal powder/BASACOTE FERTILIZER)
WATERING: Indoor plants will need even less water than an outdoor plant because they are exposed to less sunshine. Keep in mind that overwatering is basically the only way in which you can kill a cactus. So, allow the soil to completely dry out before watering this plant.
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