Hi linda and everyone, I am so exited I finally got an av to bloom. It was a trying journey and believe it or not sometimes I got so disappointed I cried, but I finally did it, it a really small flower and not very excusite or even speticular but to me its the most beautiful AV flower I have ever seen because I made it happy enough to bloom:)this is the first flower to open but its full of tiny buds so now I can say YEA. I am so happy I am now gonna try my hand at some other varietys, anyway I just want to say thanks to everyone who help me on my journey, AV arnt really hard to grow you just need to be more attentive to their needs, thanks again everyone. Velleta