firecracker plant?

It's a Justicia. Maybe this one? Not sure. Can't find one that looks exactly like it. Relative of Brazilian Cloak.

http://gardeningwithnature.blogspot.com/2013/04/justicia-chrysostephana-orange-flame.html

HA! Silvia, your post showed up after I posted.

D, I am bad at keeping track of names, but this plant was given to me from a gardening friend.

Silvia, I'm obsessed with botanical names. I knew it was a Justicia because of the leaves, but had to look it up. I didn't even know there was an orange one.

Gardinos has the orange justica for sale for comparison sake.

Hah! Thanks all. That helps a lot. I mis-identified this plant originally, and I've been trying to grow it in full sun.

This plant has been misidentified in the past . It is actually Jacobinia chrysostephana. Other names that have been attached to it include Justicia spicigera, Justicia sp. "Sidicaro", Justicia sp. "Orange Flame", Justicia chrysostephana.

There is a Justicia spicigera but it has more slender, sparse inflorescences with less individual flowers. The true J. spicigera flowers only in spring/early summer with maybe some sporadic blooms late. Jacobinia chrysostephana flowers year round.

eric242 YAY! I was right, even though I wasn't sure I was. ;)