I DO love that plant, so much! That was probably about the same time I first saw it, about 20 yrs ago.
Medinilla, OTOH, I've only realized exists in the past year or 2. I saw on facebook that the only great mom'n'pop store I know of in this general area had some a while back, but I couldn't rationalize driving 2 hours over there just to buy one. When/if it's meant to be, it'll happen. :+)
Even a date &/or location would be great for MP's.