The Panachee I got from UCD barely shows any and will grow like a weed in the summer time, it loves heat, but as Suzi found out in her climate it hates hot roots, since you are close to my location relatively speaking I have had no problem with it in black pot in the summer time, but on grass not concrete.
I think when you get it to the sun too the nodes will start to get more compact and the leaves will get a dark green colour, this is what I have personally seen with mine so it may be different with other peoples anyways.
The lime I will kind of agree with as I did it to a few trees showing the same leaf spots, but I also did add more fertilizer but if the lime isn't want what caused the turn around, I would be surprised.