Fouquieria purpusii Purple and Green Stems Succulent LG

This has long been one of the least-cultivated of this genus of succulent shrubs, pachycauls and caudiciforms, and only recently has seed become available. This pachycaul succulent forms a gradually tapered light-green trunk ornamented with corky markings and bearing slender lateral branches armed with thorns. In growth, these branches are covered with linear leaves the same light-green color as the trunk. The species is known only from limestone cliffs in S Puebla and N Oaxaca, Mexico. You are selecting the fouquieria size pictured. The leaves will drop off when shipped. New leaves will appear after re-establishment. It is a succulent plant.