Very nice! I am one of many who have had no luck growing this plant. It definitely likes your conditions. Good job! Terri

i didnt realize that it was hard for others too! i got two leaves and only one leaf survived and it only produced one baby. this is it. :) im glad i didnt realize it was perskickety cause i probably would have tried too hard and then killed it!

and i just noticed that one of the pollen sacks has a petal growing out of it! is this normal?

The blossom color is so delicate.

The extra petal is sometimes a feature of semi-doubles ....

Joanne - "coup".. that was a new word for me. Had to look it up. ;-) :-P

frankielynnsie and auegis - thanks for the comments!

Suyoder- one of my rescue AV did the same thing. Opened up fully yesterday . If you look close there is a mini petal above it

loveofbostons - it must be more common than we thought! btw.... lovely flower! looks a lot like one i have. :) thats it on the far right... back before i realized it was in too big of a pot. :]

Very nice, love them all! It will be interesting to see if this still continues or if it's just a one time thing. Mine is actually a purple color just photographs pink, does yours do the same?

no mine is actually the color pink in the pics. :) i do have one that is white and lavender and it photographs more like a fuschia pink. heres another purple one... i just noticed the little hood above the pollen here! looks like a bonnet. :-P

Yes it does!! I really like that color, very pretty! :)

Suyoder I hesitated about using that word and may have misspelled it. Is ching dynasty a chimera? some of my plants have develop entirely separate sets of pollen anthers, an entire double set, like a double crown, at the center of a completely formed, but smaller flower. i posted some photos on the old gallery. i have seen photos of ching dynasty that were very unusual, but others that were just average. It does not seem to be a consistent performer. but that is based on photos only. it also seems lot be a very slow grower.

As Aegis noted, extra petals are forming when the plant blooms as a semi double. Again, this is not consistent. The same plant might have singles and some with extra petals.

i dont think that its a chimera... dont they have to grow from a sucker.... not a leaf? i may be confused....

Yes, that's right. It was the two tone colors that made me ask.

this plant decided that its first try at blooming was a flop(which it was indeed!) so it is blooming all over again!! i love the blooms... but more than that, i love the foliage! so exotic looking!!

Su that is beautiful! Love the foliage and the ruffles on the flowers! Rosie

beautiful