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Jan 3, 2016 1:52 PM CST
Name: Baja
Baja California (Zone 11b)
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Hi, new here. I would like to help with the plant database but I am not sure how to deal with this situation. Help? Thanks a lot.

There are 3 different Euphorbias that are being confused in two entries (see below). I don't know how to sort this out. It looks like the best solution would be to rename the second one to remove the word "rosea", since most of the pictures there are of the much more common orange tipped "Firesticks". And then create a new entry for "rosea" where only the red tipped plants can then be moved. The size and other data points will be identical between the red and orange forms, but they are NOT interchangeable. "Rosea" is most definitely a different plant from Firesticks. Also, the colored forms are extremely different from the normal green form in terms of eventual size (colored forms stay bushy, green form is a large tree).

Finally some of the orange tipped plants that are currently being shown under the wild type tirucalli will have to be moved to the listing for the orange "Firesticks". The color distinctions below are hard and plants do not normally convert between forms.

E. tirucalli (all green)
Pencil Tree (Euphorbia tirucalli)

E. tirucalli "rosea" (red tips) -> ? rename as "Firesticks" and lose the "rosea" as the plants pictured are mostly Firesticks (orange tips)
Pencil Cactus (Euphorbia tirucalli 'Firesticks')

E. tirucalli "Sticks on Fire" (orange tips) aka "Firesticks" (no current entry)
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