Thanks to Jientje from Heaven is in Belgium I was able to identify this flower. The name is Euphorbia Milii /Crown-of-thorns or Christ plant/.
Thanks to Prospero from Serendipitous Garden we identified this green sticks 🙂 Turned out it is another Euphorbia – this one is Tirucalli /Pencil Cactus/. Thank you to my blogging friends!
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July 27, 2009 at 4:56 pm
Beautiful roses, well protected by the thorns.
Reminds me of a German song by Goethe, “Das Heidenröslein.”
From Felisol
July 27, 2009 at 5:45 pm
Such pretty red blossoms! The thorns looks sharp though!
July 27, 2009 at 6:18 pm
That is very prickly! I won’t be touching, OK? Pretty red for Ruby Tuesday.
July 27, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Thorns…they seem to exist to prevent anyone from picking the lovely flower. A possessive thorny trap. The thorns – ugly. The flower, a true beauty! Excellent capture!
July 27, 2009 at 8:05 pm
Ouch, those look like they would REALLY hurt!
My Ruby Tuesday
July 27, 2009 at 8:35 pm
Oh my … Looks like those would HURT big time but the blossom is lovely.
Hugs and blessings,
July 27, 2009 at 10:32 pm
Among the sharp thorns
tantalizing flowers bloom—
but who dares pick them?
My Ruby Tuesday
July 28, 2009 at 5:40 am
that doesn’t look like a very friendly flower! Pretty though.
July 28, 2009 at 6:35 am
The thorns?—-lethal, but the flower?——-gorgeous.
For my Ruby Tuesday, I went and stuck my foot in it!!! Stop by to visit if you can…have a great day.
July 28, 2009 at 9:19 am
What a neat plant. Haven’t seen one before. lovely color. Happy Ruby Tuesday
July 28, 2009 at 11:03 am
I really love the second shot!!
so much going on there, I feel as if I’m watching it grow
July 28, 2009 at 9:42 pm
OUCH!
Nice prickly shot!
July 29, 2009 at 10:49 pm
This plant is pretty at the same time it screams out Ooouch!!! 🙂
July 30, 2009 at 1:26 am
My parents used to have one ( or more ) of those when I was a child. They called it “Jesusthorne”. They said that the crown Jesus had to wear when he was to be crucified was made out of them. I don’t know.
July 30, 2009 at 8:17 am
Euphorbia!!! Yes, correct. And now I remember the drops of white liquid, so typical for Euphorbia plants too!. Thanks for adding my name to this post!
July 30, 2009 at 10:49 am
Hi Ellie.
I think you have two Euphorbias in your pot. The other one is Euphorbia tirucalli or Pencil Cactus.
July 30, 2009 at 3:04 pm
It is good to have friends helping out with plants name. I have the finger one and I did not know the name, thank you, MB
July 30, 2009 at 10:56 pm
Wow and the legs look good too