Anyone know the name of the cultivar of bougainvillea that blooms at EVERY single leaf node along the entire length of the branches (not just huge clusters down at the extreme end of the plant we typically see in the U.S.?) I had one of these (hot pink) down in Galveston many years ago and would love to get my hands on one again. Back in the 80's, I "got my hand on" a piece of it at 3am (with my Dad's help) once down along the side of the Moody Cotton Compress building on Broadway Blvd. entering the island. Got that gorgeous thing rooted, growing and took off, growing to 5-6' eventually. Trunk got nearly 1" in diameter and was thriving by my pool. Then Galveston had a terrible freeze a couple years later, it froze to the ground (scratch of bark showed no green below at dirt level) and I knew it was a goner. Kept it in the ground another year but sadly, it did not regrow off the roots. I was surprised actually.

I mentioned it one day to a little old latina lady (sadly Mrs. Garza has passed away now) that ran a small nursery from her driveway. She smiled, telling me she knew where I "got my hands on it", as SHE had sold those to the company way back when. She told me the cultivar is only seen in Mexico as a rule and that her husband had personally brought it back to her nursery that year on one of his many trips to Mexico to visit family. She told me Moody Compress bought all of the stock she had. When fully grown, it was truly the most spectacular bank of pink bougainvillea I have ever seen and was quite a colorful display as you drove onto the island.

Not sure, as it's hard to tell in this photo I found Googling, but it looks like it might be the variety I'm talking about (color is right at least, and some stems looks like there are blooms the length of the stems): http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-WymRmrwgJOU/Tu6E1aIrJNI/AAAAAAAAAMA/5z7Yut5aK98/s1600/2.+bougainvillea.jpg. Heck, if Hurricane Ike hadn't been the beginning of the demolishing of the entire Moody Compress building complex (and all that bougainvillea along the building facade, according to a friend of mine still down there), I'd drive down from Central TX and shovel up a new piece of it. LOL It’s THAT special.

Any of you gardening gurus know what this "floribunda"-type bougainvillea cultivar might be called?