the web described it as a weed resembling the x-mas flower. nice and different, i like it :) it might be the lost cousin of the poinsettia :> now, i don't remember these flowers being grown in the Phil. but I've been absent for a long time now during the x-mas holiday, for you know what? they blocked these two weeks for vacations, very wise and mean at the same time, laughs. but yeah, another tree for my Phil. garden in the future :) they grow it here in Florida, so there's no reason why it can't thrive in the Phil... so powder puff you have now a partner for life, laughs.