I have love affairs with different kinds of plants all the time. We go thru a flirtation for a year or so with each meeting becoming more intense as my interest deepens. If the chemistry is right, we then court each other on a limited basis where I invite one home to see if we are compatible. It can develop into a full blown love affair that lasts years. Or sadly some progress to an obsession with even stalking involved where I have an incredible need to possess all kinds of them.

Some loves burn out when I find they are not that interesting day in and day out or worse a huge disillusionment that leads to a cruel and costly break up and ouster. If it turns to hate, I actually commit outright murder as in the case of phormiums which had fraudulently enticed me with bright, fun colors during our courtship only to turn drab, fat and messy after moving in.