Hi Matt, I think you'r right! No matter how I try not to water my plant, it looks just as good as the plants around it. There is a Michelia fairly isolated since the untimely demise of my passilora incartanata hybrid mabe it is a good thing I didn't start the cuttings, Me thinks there was a built in bio time bomb just a waiting to shut it down. That sounds better than "I think I killed it with my too powerful leaf blower." I'll give it a try. Well as Noam say cheers and thanks for helping me out. JimT.