Saturday, July 13, 2019

Slipper Plant


Here's a plant I don't think I've shown on this site before.  It's called a slipper plant but, it's official name is Euphorbia lomelii.  I've been told that it gets it's name from the blooms that supposedly look like ladies slippers.  Personally, I don't see the resemblance.  It's an unusual plant that produces these bloom but does not have any leaves.  It just has tall, erect stalks.  I see a lot of it in the hummingbird garden at the Desert Botanical Garden so it might be attractive to hummingbirds.

10 comments:

  1. I agree with you, I don't see any slipper either.But it is a special one I have never seen before.

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  2. I don't don't see the resemblance either. It certainly looks different most flowers I have seen.

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  3. What a weird plant! Evolution is amazing, isn't it?!

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  4. No leaves - how odd! I don't see a slipper either!

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  5. What A Shot!! Such A Beautiful Plant. What A World We Live On.

    Cheers

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  6. I believe I have never seen a slipper plant before. I would like to have one in my garden.

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  7. I've never seen or heard of a slipper plant before. Great shot of it, Sharon.

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  8. Nerver saw that one before. Nice and original, like yin and yang.

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  9. I've never seen a plant like it.

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