Ok, as I promised, here are the updated pics.
Here is a comparison of the opening flower to my
violacea with my thumb in there. Taken about a week ago.
Both plants with my hand.
Second bud just cracking open.
Second bud a couple of days ago.
And from tonight, the first bud fully open.
The second bud, which has worse form and is smaller. I will use this as the pod parent for a cross with my Penang Girl.
And spike #5, which brings the total of spikes and sub-spikes up to 10! It looks like a root in the picture, but it is a spike.