Heehee that was a shock! I was wondering how much you would have taken off, then scroll down... all of it! I wasn't expecting that! I love how it cascades down like that, I haven't ever seen a jade, I'm guessing they are related to Jades?

Yeah, I know. Like I said, I was feeling pretty drastic. I also liked the way the branches cascaded down, but they were more brittle than they looked and the plant just didn't feel that strong. I was at our Farmers' Market yesterday and I saw some bonsai PAs and I was motivated to do the whack job.
I think the Portulacaria Afra is related to a jade although it's not technically a jade. Many (myself included) have labeled them as jades. Even at the Farmers' Market, the guy was selling them as African Jades. Go figure. The leaves aren't quite as thick, smaller and rounder, and they grow more closely together than jades.

Jose, you went tribal on that thing! ;)
I've never seen a Port. afra chopped down this far, but I imagine that it happens in nature
quite often....after all, how delicate can an Elephant be?

It'll help to label this plant Portulacaria afra or Elephant's Food Bush for discussion.
These plants are both succulent, and they both hail from a similar clime in Africa,
but they belong to different species, genus, families, and orders (I think).

Updates, please!

Josh

For sure Josh! I'll happily post more pictures. I know it was pretty far down but, well, there you go!
Josh since you have port. afras, what do you do about cutting propagation? Same as with jades? Any differences?
Thanks,
Jose

So no, they're not related at all, two completely different families for those asking (Jades & Portulacaria afra).