Thanks Baja for the comments, I never thought it was 'snowflake', which I actually do have - it is just on the front porch where I do no take too pictures too often. That first plant actually is still in the original pot, and I remember there being a name on the label, so it may still be there.
I do not think it is a straight up polygona var. horrida. It's habit is generally wider than tall stems, which with the coloring might make you think of 'snowflake', but I always knew it was not that.
There is an arborescent one that people grow here that can easily take full sun, it is not one of the obvious ones. When I remember the name I will post it. I will also try and get a picture of the single stem that is left of my 'snowflake' - it had a major set back last summer and now I have just one long tall stem left.
It looks like I need to decide what to do about this Firesticks once it cools down. It is getting tall enough that I should probably shape it some to get it more tree shaped as I doubt it will suddenly stop growing:
The tallest 'branches' are 7-8' tall at the moment. As with most Firesticks it is very bushy.... so pruning it will be difficult and possibly a bit of waste as right now it is actually turning into a shade bush for a couple of Agaves.
