Euphorbia Trigona

This Euphorbia Trigona is my baby! I love this cactus. It is insanely easy to care for and is quite the beauty too. In all technicality, this is actually my husband's cactus. He broke a small arm of his grandfather's plant... and, well, let's just say its grown a bit.

 Every once and while we intentionally break an arm off to start a new plant, but usually it just gets bumped into accidentally. We have around 6 or so plants right now. It amazes me how quickly this cactus grows! It goes through "seasons" of growth every couple of months. During each season it will grow between 1 and 3 inches! Crazy fast, especially for a cactus. Pretty soon I think I will have to put it on a lower table, or even on the floor. It is getting so tall it has almost grown past the top of the window. Therefore, to encourage growth I think it would be best to let the top receive the most light that it can possible get.

 I think my favorite thing about this big boy is that it has leaves. So many leaves! I love that! It took me a while to realize that there are actually quite of few cacti that have leaves, but traditional it's kind of weird. Right? I think so :)

I want to tell you all how old this cactus is, but I'm not sure! I will have to update this post later after I ask my hubby. Until then, enjoy your cacti and succulents!!

UPDATE:  My husband got this cactus approximately 10 years ago off of his grandfather's cactus (which was touching the ceiling at the time - CRAZY). He literally pulled off one of the arms from the main plant and it was only 10 cm long. I honestly can't believe how much it has grown since then.