Thanks, Robert, for all your advice. I suspected I needed to get the bigger piece out of water.
You might be right about Bud's Pink Cloud. Looks very much like it, except that yours is little lighter pink than mine. The lighter blossom in my picture is faded; the left one is closer to the actual color. I guess a lot of things could cause that, though.
I could post a picture of my original plant, but it's not very attractive, which is one of the reasons I was reading this forum. I'm pretty sure it needs more sun. It's very tall and leggy. No branching except at the growing tips, and no leaves either. I learned a lot that I could do better just from reading here. I'm organic in my gardens, but I made an exception and started using Osmocote on my brugs, and thought that might be good for the plumie too. ? Well, it sure grew this year! Don't know enough about how they are SUPPOSED to look to say if that was a good thing. But another thing I learned is that I probably don't need to water as much as I have been. I have pretty much treated it like my brugs, which (in our last 2 weeks over 100) get wilted every day. Don't think I've hurt the plumie, but it could still probably get by with less.
oh, forgot to answer your question. My plant is in a large pot, since it needs protection here. The first Y is 4 feet up from the soil (yes, it took forever to first bloom). The break occurred about a foot above that. It's very jagged and I definitely need to cut it. It's about to rain, but let me see if I can get a couple of quick photos.
