my friend got it from her grandmother's house , where it was planted in the earth in direct sun . I think she just broke it off and brought it . since I didn't have a place for it right away, it sat on a chair outside just bare , no soil, media or anything and it started to look a bit withered and then I put it in with the bay leaf now it has plumped up a lot . I do want to put it into it's own pot since I am a bit worried that it might over run my bay leaf plant which I definitely don't want . I guess we have no problem with humidity here but it's a lot cooler right now than it normally is so I'm guessing humidity is down right now . also how do you get it to expand ?