I have heard this story about the flower manipulation as well. Either way
it is still a very pretty large flowered art shade Catt. I cloned this
plant years ago so have bloomed a fair number of them. Here in Va their
natural bloom time is late June through July. I often have blooming ones
for sale at the Parkside event in Pa which is the last weekend of July. The
only special treatment I give them is to not repot them in spring, but
instead wait until after the bloom cycle.

Pat B