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Tog Tan · 12-24-2008, 10:53 AM

Hi Lorax, I suspect it's the way different people have allergy to the different enzymes of these plants' sap. I am totally immune to Euphorbia tirucalli and I use to have them around. I have a collection of a number of other euphorbia spp and so far so good. Sap can get on me anytime. Doesn't do a thing to me. You know, this is like snake bite, only people who are highly allergic to the certain toxins (which is a powerful enzyme) will die. Others will just have to wait for the suffering to go away.
This said, I think it is only a matter of luck (bad luck) when we meet our match. For me it was the Alocasia lowii.

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