Tropicals & Tender Perennials: Possibly a tropical, any ideas?, 1 by caganimalover

caganimalover wrote:
Red Bird Cactus is Pedilanthus tithymaloides. This was suggested on the Identification forum and is very close. I first thought it was, but the leaves are not quite correct. Those are more elongated to an end-point and these are more circular with almost no end-point. It was easier to see the difference in the last picture ([HYPERLINK@davesgarden.com]) after the plant had lost the variegated leaves and was just green. It was a much clearer picture. Wikipedia states "It has distinctive zig-zag stems". My plant does not. Wiki also states up to 6feet tall, DG states 6-8feet tall. I'm fairly certain it grows about 1 1/2-3feet tall.
Something I noticed last night. I keep walking by a new jade plant I was given and I think the leaves are very similar. Are there any jades that grow with the multiple straight upward growth like the Synadenium grantii (suggested on C&S forum)or Pedilanthus tithymaloides???
It has now been suggested that maybe it is a tropical. Any thoughts?
Carol