Please Help me Identify this plant.

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NovicePlanterMD · 01-19-2010, 03:45 PM

Hi I started working at a new hospital and I am surprised to see so many plants on the window sills. One particular plant caught my eye and I wanted to get a clipping to grow at home. However, I have no clue what the name of the plant is. The nurses told me that the plants have been there for years and no one knows who placed them there, they just water them every now and then. So I was wondering if you could help me ID the plant, and tell me how to propagate it. Or at least ID the plant and then I can look up how to propagate it on my own.

Thank you very much for your help. also I'd like to mention that I am in NJ and thus it's winter out here and I wanted to know if I could also propagate it in the winter, or if there's any downside to propagating plants in the winter.

altagardener · 01-19-2010, 03:54 PM

Euphorbia millii.

lubuli · 01-19-2010, 05:57 PM

welcome to gardenbuddies!
and look here:Euphorbia milii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

NovicePlanterMD · 01-20-2010, 03:03 PM

Thank you very much everyone.

Euphorbphreak · 01-23-2010, 10:16 PM

I agree it's a E. milii, but it looks like the Somona variety. These are actually quite easy to propagate, and unlike many succulents, you can cut a piece of it and stick it in a glass of water and it will root. It's better though to take an end cutting and root it in moist, but not wet, soil.

01-19-2010, 03:45 PM	#1
NovicePlanterMD Gardenbuddy Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NJ Country: USA	Please Help me Identify this plant. Hi I started working at a new hospital and I am surprised to see so many plants on the window sills. One particular plant caught my eye and I wanted to get a clipping to grow at home. However, I have no clue what the name of the plant is. The nurses told me that the plants have been there for years and no one knows who placed them there, they just water them every now and then. So I was wondering if you could help me ID the plant, and tell me how to propagate it. Or at least ID the plant and then I can look up how to propagate it on my own. Thank you very much for your help. also I'd like to mention that I am in NJ and thus it's winter out here and I wanted to know if I could also propagate it in the winter, or if there's any downside to propagating plants in the winter.

01-19-2010, 03:54 PM	#2
altagardener Gardenbuddy Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Calgary, Alberta Country: Canada Plant Zone: 3a	Euphorbia millii.

01-19-2010, 05:57 PM	#3
lubuli Gardenbuddy Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: nrw Country: germany Plant Zone: 6b	welcome to gardenbuddies! and look here:Euphorbia milii - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

01-20-2010, 03:03 PM	#4
NovicePlanterMD Gardenbuddy Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NJ Country: USA	Thank you very much everyone.

01-23-2010, 10:16 PM	#5
Euphorbphreak Gardenbuddy Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: CA Country: US Plant Zone: 10/17	I agree it's a E. milii, but it looks like the Somona variety. These are actually quite easy to propagate, and unlike many succulents, you can cut a piece of it and stick it in a glass of water and it will root. It's better though to take an end cutting and root it in moist, but not wet, soil.