I was pleasantly surprised to see the first flower appearing on a cutting I have started last spring. It had to be Impatiens niamniamensis (Parrot Impatiens) like I had ordered. I had no idea what it was but certainly not the Parrot Impatiens!
I wrote the supplier who told me it is Impatiens bicaudata and a variety with long spur..Sometimes a mistake can be a blessing! :)) i'm grateful to him!

I hope I can keep it growing on inside the house for the coming winter, it is a frost tender specie, but certainly worth the effort!

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I started this beauty from a small cutting I received last spring, it took off quite fast and grew into a one stemmed plant giving its first flowers in autumn nicely arranged in a whirl all the way on top, well exposed above the foliage. Of course I had to take it in before the cold set in as it is a true tropical originating from the rainforests of Madagascar, it will be my first experience how it will come through the winter inside the house, it requires high humidity so will be a challenge. I noticed that the lower leaves on the stem fall off, but maybe that is natural for the species.

The grower I bought it from said mine was a variant with long spurs.

Update: Apart from having suffered from aphids the plant has made it through the winter inside the house, it is now 1,5m tall! Once put outside in spring, the plant perched up and the aphids disappeared.

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