Half dead? still salvageable!

So every year before Thanksgiving I buy a huge poinsettia to put in my dining room, and I leave it there through New Year's.  

For the last couple of year I've been buying one that looks like this:

I like the color, because it looks like fall for Thanksgiving, but the gold colored leaves look Christmas-y to me too.  (I just switch the pot for Christmas.)

The leaves come sprinkled with gold glitter, which makes it shine.

This year, after New Year's, I was taking down all my little poinsettias (that were definitely done) and putting them in the compost.  I noticed that this particular poinsettia was half dead.  (When my household had Covid after the holidays, myself included, my plant watering got a little touch and go.)

As usual, I didn't think to take a picture.  Have you ever neglected a plant till it was half dead?  It looked pretty crazy, with half the plant shriveled and brown, with leaves falling off at the touch, while the other half was still green, gold and looking pretty good.  (I was actually surprised at how good the good part looked, considering how long ago I'd bought it, where it was situated - not receiving a ton of light - and my semi neglect of it the week before.

But just when I was about to pitch it, the thought occurred to me that the pretty part would still look great in a vase.

And all my other Christmas flowers were done; I had nothing else flowering.

So I cut all the pretty parts and vased them up and composted the rest (minus the glittery parts).

Not bad for six weeks after purchase, right?

They looked so good as cut flowers!

Both the vase and the plate came from Goodwill.

Sometimes our Goodwill gets lots of things from Target that don't sell, like this vase.  I was able to buy four matching ones for little arrangements.  I know it's hard to see in this pic.

The plate was a set of two beautiful red glass translucent plates.

They are beautiful under plants.

The funny thing is, after I cut these still good parts, they looked great for about three more weeks.  In fact, half of the half I cut are still in the vase looking nice right now.  

This poinsettia just won't quit!

And to think I almost threw it out...