https://forums.egullet.org/topic/153876-gardening-2016–/?do=findComment&comment=2359359
This is a 3 1/2 week update to my post above. The plant is starting to bloom from the bottom up. My gardener says that in Veracruz (where he is from) they call it an elefante (je je). He does not think it will die after the bloom. Vamos a ver.