🪴 Monadenium montanum (now Euphorbia neomontana)
Family: Euphorbiaceae | Origin: Kenya/Tanzania | Type: Small caudiciform succulent
Great match with your Pachypodium/Adenium collection
✨ Key Features
- Caudex: Round/bottle‑shaped, pale grey, slightly peeling skin; up to 13 cm wide
- Stems: Upright, slender, with faint white veins; leaves long, narrow, dark green
- Flowers: Tiny pinkish‑brown cyathia at leaf bases, summer
- Size: Whole plant max ~15 cm tall — very compact
- Sap: Milky white, toxic/irritant — gloves + eye protection; keep away from pets/kids
🪴 UK / Sheffield Care
✅ Light: Bright full sun → south/west windowsill; light shade only in extreme heat
✅ Soil: Fast‑draining mineral mix:
15% cactus compost + 75% grit/pumice + 10% coarse sand (low organic = no rot)
✅ Water: Deciduous, but not fully dry winter
- Spring–Summer: Soak when bone dry, drain fully
- Autumn: Reduce Oct–Nov as leaves drop
- Winter: Light water every 3–4 weeks — just enough to stop fine roots dying; not bone‑dry
✅ Temp: Min 10°C (50°F), safe ≥12°C; dies fast below 5°C
✅ Feed: Very weak cactus feed once a month May–Aug only
✅ Pot: Medium depth; repot every 2–3 years — fragile roots, disturb little
⚠️ Quick Facts
- Synonym: Euphorbia neomontana (botanical reclassification)
- Grafted vs own‑root: Own‑root preferred for natural caudex shape
- Rot risk: Wet cold soil = #1 killer
- Pests: Mealybugs on caudex/stems; check crevices
Plant sent bare rooted
Photo taken June 2026
Plant 20cm tall
🪴 Monadenium montanum (now Euphorbia neomontana)
Family: Euphorbiaceae | Origin: Kenya/Tanzania | Type: Small caudiciform succulent
Great match with your Pachypodium/Adenium collection
✨ Key Features
- Caudex: Round/bottle‑shaped, pale grey, slightly peeling skin; up to 13 cm wide
- Stems: Upright, slender, with faint white veins; leaves long, narrow, dark green
- Flowers: Tiny pinkish‑brown cyathia at leaf bases, summer
- Size: Whole plant max ~15 cm tall — very compact
- Sap: Milky white, toxic/irritant — gloves + eye protection; keep away from pets/kids
🪴 UK / Sheffield Care
✅ Light: Bright full sun → south/west windowsill; light shade only in extreme heat
✅ Soil: Fast‑draining mineral mix:
15% cactus compost + 75% grit/pumice + 10% coarse sand (low organic = no rot)
✅ Water: Deciduous, but not fully dry winter
- Spring–Summer: Soak when bone dry, drain fully
- Autumn: Reduce Oct–Nov as leaves drop
- Winter: Light water every 3–4 weeks — just enough to stop fine roots dying; not bone‑dry
✅ Temp: Min 10°C (50°F), safe ≥12°C; dies fast below 5°C
✅ Feed: Very weak cactus feed once a month May–Aug only
✅ Pot: Medium depth; repot every 2–3 years — fragile roots, disturb little
⚠️ Quick Facts
- Synonym: Euphorbia neomontana (botanical reclassification)
- Grafted vs own‑root: Own‑root preferred for natural caudex shape
- Rot risk: Wet cold soil = #1 killer
- Pests: Mealybugs on caudex/stems; check crevices
Plant sent bare rooted
Photo taken June 2026
Plant 20cm tall
