| Description | Euphorbia obesa or Baseball Cactus is a "weird but lovable" plant. It is spherical and cute when young, becomes columnar and interesting with age. This plant is a succulent member of the "Euphorbia" family. It is not a cactus. |
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| Pronunciation | (yoo-FOR-bee-uh)(Oh-be-sa) |
| Plant Type | Succulents |
| Hardiness Zone | 10 |
| Sunlight | full, direct, bright |
| Moisture | dry out between watering's |
| Soil & Site | well drained |
| Growing Media | well drained |
| Temperature | average house to warm |
| Flowers | dioecious, having a male and female plant, very small, insignificant, located on the top of the plant. |
| Fruit | 3 sided capsules at the top of the plant |
| Stems | spherical dome when young and becomes columnar with age, vertical ribs and between the ribs are bands of green and reddish maroon |
| Roots | short tap root |
| Dimensions | up to 12cm, very slow |
| Maintenance | Like most Euphorbia, Euphorbia obesa will bleed a white sap if the stem is cut. |
| Propagation | seeds |
| Native Site | Kendrew, a small area of the Great Karroo, the Northern Cape region of South Africa, in the Graaff-Reinet district. |
| Author's Notes | I had a few of these plants for many years. Give good light and watch the watering and they are easy to grow. The students in my class always wanted to touch them to see if they were real. If you grow these inside during the winter than outside in the summer, make sure to acclimate the plant to direct sun or it will sunburn. |
| Notes & Reference | #02-Exotic Plant Manual (Alfred Byrd Graf), #187-Cactus Art-(www.cactus-art.biz) |
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