In the red at Southeast's greenhouse

ABOVE: Ronald Davis, a horticulture student at Southeast Missouri State University, checks over a poinsettia for an order he and his classmate, Michael Wyrsch, are filling for the Jackson Optimists on Monday at the university's greenhouse. BELOW: Michael Wyrsch, right, and fellow horticulture student Davis fill an order of poinsettias for the Jackson Optimists. BOTTOM: Betty Maschmann picks out two poinsettias. "I always buy some for my table and then I buy some for my mom," Maschmann said. Thousands of plants in multiple colors will be for sale at the greenhouse through Dec. 24.