Sound like you’ve done your part communicating your intent, so that should count. Clearly there are multiple ways to interpret the “rules” and I think in cases of disputes the observer’s intent should be honored.
Not everybody will agree - I’ve had comments when collecting caterpillars to raise them to adulthood that only the first collection in the field should be “wild” and all subsequent observations should be “captive” and linked to the first one using observation fields rather than putting the time and location of the collection on those. A living plant in a vase/pot that was collected out in the field would be similar to a caterpillar taken home to raise, so the same argument could be made there.
Edited to add a link to this topic about rescue plants - somewhat related maybe? I know a cutting is different from a potted plant but in both cases they were removed from the original location.