Euphorbia poissonii Rare Seed Grown

The native range of this species is W. Tropical Africa to Gabon. Sometimes referred to as the Candle Plant. Grows into a small shrub with woody stems and interesting leaves with occasional  apical teeth at the tips. Greenish yellow cyathia separate this species from Euphorbia unispina. Leaf shape is highly variable in this species. These are seed grown youngsters in 4" pots. Shipped bare root.  Dormancy: This plant is winter and drought deciduous. If you purchase this plant in the late fall/winter/early spring, it will not have leaves. As it starts to warm up, you can water more frequently to encourage it to start growing new leaves.  Even during spring/summer/early fall, this plant may still drop leaves in transit. This is normal and expected. When plants are put in a stressful situation, which includes being bare rooted and put in a dark box for a few days, it is going to conserve as much energy as it can. It does this by dropping its leaves. Once it arrives, please pot it up, give i