Paler Poinsettia

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Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 11, 2010 at 5:39pm

You're right Lorraine.  I meant to say sub-tropical. Do those that you see there have the red bracts?

Comment by Lorraine Fowler on December 10, 2010 at 10:08am

These plants grow all over South Texas. The color in this one is unusually pretty.

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 6, 2010 at 5:44pm

I think it's way over-hyped as a Christmas plant and that's most of the reason you can have colorings like this in the photo. They've played with the nuts and bolts of this plant for entirely too long. I like them well enough, but they're just another interesting plant to me and Christmas is the only time you can actually buy them at retail. They're a tropical plant that needs an almost greenhouse environment to do well. Not exactly a good candidate for the upper mid-west where I live.

Comment by wiffledust on December 6, 2010 at 3:13pm

often misunderstood plant???are you a defender of the pointsettia,bob? tell me it ain't so! ;-)

Comment by Robert P. Meyer Jr. on December 6, 2010 at 2:27pm

Thanks Lisa! This is a little different look at this often misunderstood plant. It takes a lot of futzing to get it to throw red (or colored) bracts ad most folks (me included) just let them die after the holidays.

Comment by wiffledust on December 6, 2010 at 2:24pm

i'm not a big fan of this plant, but this color is gorgeous, and your photo is brilliant!!!