if so, it was not my intention to add confusion. i explained how the tree had suffered some abuse and was, possibly, not going to make it. i offered to show some other plants (same species), that i was working on for those that wanted to see more pics of the umbrella tree. since this is the only topic i have see about this species in this forum, i thought it would be alright to post them here. i thought that those who had been following the thread, were aware of that, by then. i can see how it could be difficult to distinguish the plants from the pictures, alone.