Thankyou for the hint about heat,Spider. It hasn't been that warm here this summer. I guess I'll just wait some more.

Nancy,
Still short of patience

Yahoo ! It finally opened !
and it has a very nice v. sweet citrony scent :)

Congratulations Nenella, it is beautiful!
AL

Very nice Nenella! Yours has great coloring. I prefer the ones with more green than white. It was worth the wait! :)

Very beautiful. I didn't know there was so much variation in the bellinas. Maybe I can expect a flower in a few years! haha... I didn't know they were so slow. Glad to see the reward is so great.

Phal. bellina
 

Congrats Nella, it´s lovely:)

It is worth waiting for. Beautiful!

Thanks everyone!
the nice thing is it is fragrant all day long..the best is in the morning! I'd love to have a 'bunch" of these in flower at the same time....has now become one of my 'future' projects, as it's so rewarding ! :) Not easy / not difficult (as long as you have the right growing conditions) painfully slow grower (for me anyways)