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Pedilanthus cymbiferus (Mini Lady Slippers) - A densely clumping small shrub with many 1 to 2 feet tall leafless slender pubescent upright gray-green stems topped in late spring through summer with a terminal inflorescence of small thick dull red bract-like structures, called cyathia, surrounding the other floral parts that is best described as "strange red flowers like a bird's beak".
Plant in full sun in a well-drained soil and irrigate infrequently. Hardy to 22° F. A unique looking plant for a container or a hot spot in the rock or succulent garden.
Pedilanthus cymbiferus is from southern Mexico in the state of Jalisco. The name Pedilanthus comes from the Greek words 'pedil' meaning "shoe" and 'anthos' meaning "flower" in reference to the shoe-shaped flower structures that some members of the genus have and the specific epithet comes from the Latin words ''cymba' meaning "boat" and 'fera' meaning "carrying" in reference to the shape of the cyathia.
As with all Pedilanthus this plant has recently been subsumed into the genus Euphorbia and this species with the name Euphorbia cymbifera, but we continue to list it under its old name. We also grow Pedilanthus bracteatus and Pedilanthus macrocarpus.
Our original stock plants of this species were purchased in 2016 from The Cactus Mart in Morongo Valley, California. They had received the plants from Waterwise Botanicals in Bonsal, California.
Information displayed on this page about Pedilanthus cymbiferus is based on our research conducted about this plant in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about it as it has grown in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also include comments received from others and welcome hearing from anyone who has information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information aiding others to better grow it.
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