Hercules acquired and planted. When I was picking the plant up the person I was buying it from showed me a number of dichotomas at about 6 ft tall that he said were also for sale... Just not in my budget at the moment. Something to look forward to though. I will post a pictures of the new Hercules later. it is about 3-4 ft tall given it growth speed it should be good sized in no time once it roots in.
I put it a little elevated, but like the one I had at my old place relatively close to the eaves so that it gets a lot of run off from the roof when it rains as that seemed to really help with the previous one.