That is one beautiful flower, Patty! How did you get it to flower at this time?

It's spring here. Between the rain and the occasional days in the 40's or 50's, it's also 60's and 70's by turns and sunny. Like today. When I could see a warm spell was coming back I put it outside to get rained in well and also fed it so when the sun came out, I hoped it would open the flower buds. They had stalled for several days but while it was cold, I didn't dare water it too heavily. It tried to flower once over winter but the bud wouldn't open and eventually fell off. Too cold and grey at that time. We'll be seeing a lot more pleasant weather though now it's April. Usually March is pretty nice for us too but our winter came in early and has stayed late, this year.

What a beauty! <3

Last night as the flowers were fading, I thought this was an artful, sculptural look with the bloom beginning to curl in on itself.

And then when I got up one of the flowers was lying on the floor in the early morning light, showing so much texture.