Wow guys! You were right about this being a hardy plant! Two weeks in the shaded balcony area and my pseudo-cutting is popping buds right to the edges of most of the cuts! All leaves dropped except one right at the top of the plant which I thought was unusual. But if i follow where the vein for that leaf goes it is near to where the largest root mass was so kind of makes sense.
The die back on the vines I see here that have been cut must be because they don't seal the cuts and this must dehydrate them in the heat then (?). I thought it might be a trait of the plant but it seems not!! Kind of wish I'd have cut it back further now! Better to be safe than sorry I suppose.
So relieved that is has pushed through, I counted 20 new buds, but it's not out of the woods yet. Well it is out of the woods, but not 'the woods' ha ha ha :0)
I have moved it to a spot where it will get a touch more sun now but still nothing direct. Here is the leaf and the biggest buds (still tiny but enough evidence to give it a bit more sun I hope?). Any advice on what to do next would be appreciated. I haven't started fertiliser yet I hope this is best practice (?)