Several years ago, I took some cuttings home from a holiday in Sri Lanka where they are known (and used) as temple plants. I even had 4 different varieties and loved them so much - till an unexpected frost killed them overnight, same as dustdevil.
3 years ago, I ordered seeds from a seller on the Marianas - they germinated quite well, but slowly and set blossoms only in their second year. And who has the plants now? One of my daughters! She is even more crazy than me about this wonderful plant and had self-grown flowers in her hair on her wedding day, therefore I MUST give her my last 3 plants!
In summer, I will go to Thailand where they are growing, too, and already thought about taking cuttings home, but in the meantime, the German customs requires some kind of paper for importing them, so it may be a bit "risky" of doing so... clara
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