So you're saying E. o.'s as trannie as it wants to be?

Yes Jeff it would ( or can) trannie for as long as it can for it's own survival for sucsess Evolutionary changes even if by gender changing wouldn't be an all the sudden 100 % completed event.

Or eventually a single E. Obesa would have to be stable in it's gender at a certain time in it's complete life, but could also be an assumption as nature and natural selections makes the rules.

Wes,

I think (almost certain) there are other Euphorbs which have this behaviour.

I agree completely, there could be a whole slew of tranny Euporb species on the market as we speak.

Reason for my recanting is prior comments from m stated that a person may need more than one E obesa to get chance at noticing a E. tranny adaptation.

Yes there could very well be many more than just E.O but
It'll take a while should anyone happen to find ALL the Euphorbias that have a natural tranny adaptation ability.
By they way how is that milk weed of yours doing ?

Which one - the Fockea or the Raphionacme? They're both fine and growing.

Good to hear Jeff and an A for the homework. When you have time for the fun of it a new home work assignment .....Next time I'll ask the same thing in Latin.

Is this new one I bought today a female? I think I have two males already. Maybe I should wait and see if the two older ones decide to hook up.

This post was edited by noki on Thu, May 16, 13 at 23:25

OK I will take the bait! I know someone is just waiting to jump on this question. But... how do you tell them apart? Isn't it in the flower?

John

Male and female have different flower coloring. The one in the pick seems to be a female by one source and a male from another.

Most consistent from others that I know would say it's is a male and as I am much more in agreement with Miles 2 Go as well Congrats your the proud owner of... A male Obesa.

So is this one female then? I thought this was a male because the flowers looked like it was trying to spread pollen.

One big difference between the two, the new upper plant has spent the winter in Arizona (probably) while the lower plant, that I've had for a year, spent winter on a windowsill in Ohio.

This post was edited by noki on Fri, May 17, 13 at 14:19