I had this one from the uplands last Christmas. We attended a basketball league and one of the head teachers of the district hosted lunch for us. A lucky lunch indeed.
We visited their ancestral house which is near his newly built home and there it was, in their backyard, sitting unnoticed is a 30 year-old bougainvillea. I asked him if it's okay I bring it home and had a smiley nod from him. It took me about 20 minutes to find a shovel and a jungle bolo, cause i couldn't find that in their home and another 30 minutes to dig it out.
The specimen is about 10 inches tall (roots not included) and a diameter of about 12 inches. I placed it in an old clay wood stove for confinement. I hope it could grow leaves and roots in a couple of weeks.
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