Identification: plant from memory please help

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  1. bajadrmin

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    Hi, I have been searching for a plant that I remember from childhood hanging in grandmas kitchen window.. I will do my best to discribe it.
    It was "vine" like, I want to say the leaves were smaller and dark green, heart shapped? It had round white flowers that would open and a red bud would pop out of the middle.
    I have been told Fuchsia a million times but I have yet to find a Fuchsia that looks like what I remember though it is very close to it, my Grandma refered to it as "Drop of Blood" but for some reason the I remember the scientific name for it starting with a C.
    Any help would be greatly appreciated!
     
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    Junglekeeper Esteemed Contributor 10 Years

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    Ceropegia linearis subsp. woodii, String of Hearts?
     
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    WOW! Thats IT, you are wonderful! Thank you so much! Clerodendrum! I have been looking for this for years and everyone just looked at me like I was crazy! Thank you so much, now I am gonna go see if I can find a seller.
     
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    Great! Glad to help.
     
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    Sounds like bleeding heart or bleeding heart vine to me! Good luck.
     
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    Oh, lol, I see you found it. That's good, I would never have though of it if you hadn't added the name that your grandmother had called it. What a spectacular and poetic name. Bleeding Heart. I really like drop of blood too! Very much, especially for the vine version with the white flower with the red "drop" in the middle. Beautiful!
     

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