# Wave 5 Findings

Date: 2026-03-12

Scope:
- `hanging`
- `succulent`

Changes applied to source data:
- Added `succulent` to `Hoya carnosa` (`Wachsblume`)
- Removed `hanging` from `Passiflora caerulea` (`Passionsblume`)
- Removed `hanging` from `Cucumis sativus` (`Gurke`)

Evidence basis used:
- `succulent` was added only where the local source text explicitly supported water-storing or fleshy foliage traits; `Hoya carnosa` already described `dicken, wachsartigen Blaettern` and sat next to the already-succulent `Hoya bella`
- `hanging` was treated as a trailing, cascading, or hanging-basket discovery tag, not a generic catch-all for any climbing or vining species
- `Passiflora caerulea` and `Cucumis sativus` read locally as climbers/vines rather than clear hanging-basket plants

Deliberately not changed in this wave:
- `Beaucarnea recurvata` kept `succulent` because the source text explicitly mentions a swollen water-storing stem base
- trailing epiphytes and epiphytic cacti like `Dischidia ruscifolia`, `Rhipsalis baccifera`, and `Hoya bella` remained unchanged because the local descriptions still support `succulent` and/or `hanging`
- carnivorous hanging candidates like `Nepenthes alata` remained unchanged because the category still works for hanging-display discovery

Operational note:
- These source changes do not update the persisted backend catalog automatically.
- Production still needs a catalog rebuild via `server/scripts/rebuild-from-batches.js` and a deploy.
