True pencil cactus is a (usually) single trunked cactus with interwoven
flat laying spines that grows up the side of mesquite trees and fence
posts in South Texas. Nothing poisonous about it.

What most people call pencil cactus is a spineless, multibranched
euphorbia. It's sap is indeed toxic if ingested and also a skin
irritant, as is the sap of most euphorbias, including poinsetta.

It would be a shame to cut up such a large specimen for propagation.

Richard

Katra wrote:
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OSPAM (Gary Brady) wrote:


You could cut it up and propagate it..

Just don't get the sap on your skin. It's quite poisonous.

The Voice of Experience.



Gary Brady
Austin, TX


Just pencil cactus or others?

As a general rule, I wear gloves with cactus anyway to keep the fungal
dust off of my skin. :-)

K. (who was propagating San Pedro cactus last week)