Below are the pictures I took at Lowe's...and after some research I found out this new plant is a cross between a Poinsettia and Euphorbia pulcherrima. At least I think its new? I've never seen these before today...is anyone familiar with this plant? Below is the info I found on the web as well.

It sure looks like poinsettia to me...Except I've never seen them sold in February! They are very pretty though!

Reminds me of my university days...we undergrads were growing a big crop of poinsettias (Euphorbia pulcherrima) in a couple of the greenhouses as part of fund raising for the horticulture club. As many of you know, these plants are extremely sensitive to the tiniest interruption of light during their long hours of darkness. Even a small flash will set them back to the very beginning of their cycle...at day one.

SO! In another greenhouse, a huge Night Blooming Cereus was getting ready to bloom...it must have had about 50 huge buds. You had to walk through the Poinsettia house to get to the cactus house. See where I'm going with this?

A careless graduate student flipped on some lights as he went from g.house to g.house, hoping to catch the cactus in full bloom so that he could take pictures. He succeeded.

However, the Hort. Club was reduced to selling plants in February. The fliers said, " Nothing says 'I love you' like a Poinsettia." As I recall, they sold out. I think we stuck in some tall heart stakes in them, too. Hilarious.

I must say, this is the first time I've ever seen Points offered in Feb.

Christopher

Cool pix, great color, thanks for posting this.

Look again at the link's description, it's a cross btwn TWO different Euphorbias, one of which is pulch...

"Cross-pollination of a Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with a seedling of the uncultivated Euphorbia cornastra"

Pug, long time no see..hope you're okay...

Hi everyone. Toni

It is very pretty and quite lovely for Valentine's Day, something different from the traditional Roses.

Hey Toni, Great to see you as well. All's well, hope you're doing great too! Green poinsettia, who would have thunk it,lol...of course when you grow them as house plants they are green around 10 months a year. Or is Euphorbia dentata different, Toni?

E. dentata is a Euphorbia, annual herb. It's considered invasive/weed in some areas. Native to North and South America. Hardier than P pulcherima.

Probably a species or sub of Poinettia pulcherima.

Pug, I'm getting info from the net. Although I think Poins are very pretty, I rarely buy them. Last Christmas I found a variegated Poin at Walmart so had to have it, lol.
It's still alive, but I cut it down to the soil line. If it lives, so be it, if not, oh well.

I've never been successful w/Poins, though I haven't really tried either..
Although they say the sap isn't poisonous, I need more proof..birds ya know? :)

Accents has a Euphorbia called P. pulcharima..Its leaves look completely different than a standard Poin. I almost bought one last year, but after reading it was Poinsettia decided against it.

Rhizos story is funny. A little prompting, or to be blunt, BS'ing, people will fight to have one. Add a decoration and prices goes up.
Ever see he zillion and one new gadgets on tv, those we can't live without?? LOL..They must sell.

They clearly can't call it a 'Pink Poinsettia' and expect it to sell on Valentine's Day!

Al

As long as a question relates to the Subject of Posting, there isn't any conflict. Toni

Hi Toni and Ron...it is a cool plant, maybe I'll stop by the day after Valentine's Day and see if they marked it down,lol...I'll let you know.

Prices will probably be marked down if it's sold as a Valentine's Day plant.

Oh oh, a new plant for Pug..lol.

Just wanted to say hello and it looks like you stumbled into the markerters world of having plants for every holiday..lol.. I do wonder if they will come down in price after Valentines's day? Please keep us posted...

Hope all is well in Beautiful Florida!!! Lucky Lady!!! : )

Take care,

Laura

Toni, Max loves any attention he can get and an extra "scratch or pet" he welcomes,lol...

Ron, I'm a little confused by your last comment. But, it doesn't take much to do that. Ha, ha!

Max has a hard life, doesn't he...

Pug's son and grand-child.. :)

Oh yeah, a real hard life..The Life of Riley..lol

Josh

Hey Josh! He can be a little monster, but only once in a while :o)

I picked up one of these plants as an impulse "add on" to my wife's Valentine's Day. Thanks ronalawn82 for the Costa Farms link (the farm that produces this cultivar). I was looking for info, and thought I'd share with the group a bit of what I found.

Per Costa Farm's website: "The Euphorbia hybrid 'Pick Me Pink' was created as a hybrid of the genus Euphorbia, resulting from the cross-pollination of a Poinsettia, Euphorbia pulcherrima, with a seedling of the uncultivated Euphorbia cornastra." [Apparently white crossed with red in Euphorbia, as in Hibiscus and Four O'Clocks, makes pink.]

Googling "Euphorbia cornastra" brought up this url. Euphorbia cornastra was near the bottom of the page, with some interesting info:

"This lovely species is restricted to a tiny area in the state of Guerrero, Mexico. It has a much more compact habit than E. pulcherrima and grows at elevations that average about 1000 meters higher.

"The beautiful white inflorescence displays of Euphorbia cornastra appear in the summer rainy season, rather than the winter dry season as in the Christmas poinsettia.

"Because it flowers in the rainy season, E. cornastra always has leaves when it flowers. The dark green leaves contrast strongly with the brilliant white bracts."

Earlier in the site was this remark [referring to E. pulcherrima]: "Wild poinsettias often flower when leafless or nearly so."

Wild E. cornastra

Wild E. pulcherrima

Since E. pulcherrima blooms mid-winter, and E. cornastra blooms mid-summer, I am curious to see when this "Pick Me Pink" hybrid cultivar will bloom when naturalized in my yard.

Also of note, since E. cornastra grows naturally at an elevation ~3000 feet higher than E. pulcherrima, this cultivar may prove to be more cold-hardy than the Christmas poinsettia we are used to.

The pink color of this cultivar is particularly intense; and while the colored bracts are smaller they are much more numerous than typical Christmas poinsettias. Since my wife really likes poinsettias, she should really like this one!

Hopefully the price will drop after Valentine's Day for those of you who want one!

Walmart had these yesterday marked down to $2.25...but Holy Smokes! They all looked like they were run over by a semi,lol...NONE of them looked good enough to buy I'm sorry to say.

Lowe's sold out by the time I got there :o( Maybe next year?

This past fall I had well-grown plants of both 'Pick Me Pink' and of red Poinsettia. The colored bracts began developing at exactly the same time (November?), were well developed through Christmas, and didn't look shabby until the end of March (well past Valentine's Day).

Some of the colored bracts are still present (mid-May), but are now discolored with green, and have been left behind by new spring growth.

The question still remains, will 'Pick Me Pink' bloom during our summer rainy season? Last year was inconclusive. A couple times the plants started developing pink at the growth points, but the pink disappeared within a week or two. The plants, however, were not in a good situation and were losing older leaves from occasionally drying out. This year, they are in-ground in a good spot and are growing happily. I'll add another update when I see how they develop this rainy season.