Pop! go the buds... It Bloomed!

[ChasWG]

So my Phal. stuartiana finally blew it's top and bloomed! Yeah!!! It's a pretty cool little plant and one that I nursed back to health. When I bought it the poor plant was bone dry. So much so that it lost one leaf and the others looked all wrinkled and two of them were very droopy. A little TLC, water and fertilizer and whammo, it's back! The leaves are all rigid again and no more wrinkles.

Phal. stuartiana in bloom:









I was hoping that the yellow would be a bit more intense, but these buds just opened all the way earlier today and it was pretty distressed when I got it. So I'm thinking that when it blooms again next year the flowers will be better from a much more healthy plant.

So far I'm pretty stoked with this little plant. What a toughy and trooper it is!