Monadenium stapelioides (Euphorbia neostapelioides) rare cactus live plant size 5 inches.

Monadenium stapelioides is a glabrous succulent perennial herb, branching at the base of a large fleshy rootstock and forming a domed cushion to 60 cm in diameter.This beautiful Monadenium produces many multicolored stems. The stems tend to flop over and hang with this species. The flowers have a bract cup that is white or light pink, they are small but interesting and showy when produced in large numbers. Leaves are produced at the growing point, but they last only one season. The leaves are succulent and shot through with purple-pink streaks through the light green background, making this a beautiful species.

There is considerable variability in the diameter of the stems, number and size of tubercles, shape of leaves, length of inflorescences. This variability is so completely intergraded that difficult to establish varieties; one geographically limited form (forma congestum) combines thick stems and very numerous, small tubercles with lanceolate to almost subulate, terminally crowded leaves.

Rootstock (caudex): Fleshy perennial, from which emerges several shoots.

Stems (branches): Numerous, cylindrical and generally unbranched, mostly from the base of the rootstock, erect or
decumbent, dark green, glabrous.Stems usually erect or semi-erect, cylindrical and generally unbranched. All stems
have spirally arranged tubercles and leaf scar.

Leaves: Sessile, on the apex of the tubercles near near to tip of branches. Blades very fleshy, obovate to oblanceolate (tapering towards the base), 3-10(-50) mm long, 3-15(-20) mm broad, dark green, with purple-pink streaks through the light green background, apex acute, apiculate, apparently longitudinally folded inward, with a prominent midrib beneath, fleshy, glabrous, very minutely scabrous along the margins, deciduous. Stipules none or rarely evident as minute thorns on young growth around the calloused leaf-scar. Leaves near to apex, obovate and tapering towards the base.

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)
FLOWERING SEASON: It produces yellow flowers. This cactus blooms in late winter or early spring
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.