Seems like I remember discussions where people have pictures of these dangling way down from a hanging basket. Also saw lots of uprights on google, but nothing over about 18" tall. What's it supposed to do?

Famous for giving plants sunburn, how sun sensitive is this one? Would you go with morning sun or afternoon? All the websites just say "part sun" and I prefer advice from "y'all"! TIA!

As I remember it from college, it hangs when the branches get long enough (6-8").

It's hard to maintain w/ a strong color purple (Purple in op, ha), from what I recall, it needs lots of light to keep its purple, that's how you'll know if it's getting too little.

I can't find any google images of a Gynura with sunburn but if I know myself at all and this plant can burn, I'll probably have one to share soon. Just know too little light = death.

But so far, it seems like an easy plant to take care of, I watch VERY carefully for these bugs, I'm not sure what they are, they're not scales or mealy bugs, maybe mites, but they have no web...not sure what they are....

Yes, that's what has happened to most of these that I've had before. Mites sounds likely to me because these are hairy like African violets that also get mites. I don't remember much about the bugs, just that they seemed to kill the plants pretty quickly each time. But in retrospect I'm pretty sure the plants were not getting enough light and hopefully the bugs were able to attack because of the plants' weakened condition.

Good to hear about the west window. That's a lot of light.

Good luck to both of our plants!

Attracting bugs is not a problem to me outside, assuming you mean flies, and something I do on purpose with rotten fruit sometimes. I like to watch the anoles catch and eat flies.

Um, haywire describes a lot of conditions. What happened?

Yep, your PP has buds...when flowers start to fade they remind me of cotton. lol.

When I worked at HD, we got a bunch of PP's..all were flowering. Someone mentioned they're stinky, but I couldn't detect much of an odor.
Possibly since the flowers were fading..

I feel mealy is more of a problem than mites. (Moreso the past 15-yrs,) The last time I brought home PP, in-between center leaves were hidden mealy..Had I noticed, PP wouldn't have come home w/me.
Since PP was under 1.00, it went in the trash..

A year or so later, I ordered a variegated PP...sure enough, loaded w/Mealy.

Purple, are you asking if hanging looks better than upright?

After PP gets 'x' size, it looks fantastic hanging. Adults cascade naturally, so PP looks good on a tall pedestal, in very bright light.

I think they are pretty too...eye of the beholder I spose.

Morning sun or a bright spot inside works better for me

Toni, I'd say it's done great, a lot bigger than when I got it, now the buds. It's in full sun, after a few weeks of adjusting. Haven't seen anything that looked like sunburn on it.

So it looks like refoliating sticks now. Is this normal for this plant or is it struggling? I don't think my mix was very good the day I repotted this, it's not the only plant that's not progressing as expected that was repotted in the same time frame, but this one is the only one whose survival seems uncertain to me. It's hard to give this plant enough light inside, it's always mushing itself against the window (which would be very cold when it's cold outside, single pane.)

I never expected it to stay alive this long anyway, and getting a "bonus round" is cool!

First, congrats on getting your PP to flower. Even though they have a strange smell, they're interesting. Cute.

IMO. PP is one of the prettiest purple-leaf plants around..Ever notice when sun shines on foliage, fuzzy hairs high-light? Purple color deepens?

Many moons ago, 'lived in an appt so plants remained indoors year round,' I had a PP that, like you mentioned, reached the floor.

It lived many years, insect-free. The 3rd floor appartment had windows facing all four directions, so light wasn't a problem.
During summer, PP hung before NE windows...winter, SW windows.
To be honest, there were times PP tips grew spindly...they were simply trimmed off. No biggie..come spring, new growth sprouted. Besides, rooting PP in water was no more difficult than breathing air.

My PP lived many years. Well, it did until ex and I seperated. Don't want to go in details, but he killed it..among other plants.

It was years before I decided to buy another..In fact, we were living here.
I purchased a variegated PP, 'not as pretty,' and standard.
Not two weeks went by when I noticed both had Mealy. Mealy is one insect I cannot rid/kill.
Mealy were living on top, inner crown. They did quite a bit of leaf damage, so instead of risking other plants' lives, they were tossed.
A year or so went by and I bought another..Same problem: Mealy Bugs. It too went in the trash.

So, although PP's are my favorite purple plant, I give up. Can't fight or better yet, win the Mealy battle. :)

Please keep us posted..I'd like to see a 21st century PP grow to the floor. :) Toni

Seriously though, that's another thing I'm still curious about though, to the floor. At no point has any part of this plant shown any sign of being anything but a very stiffly upright entity. The stems could be woody and would not be more inflexible. Hopefully I'll just see how soon, as it happens.