Hot Chocolate Lily

Earlier in the year at the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show, I bought a bulb of the lily that I had been admiring in various gardening catalogues for a year - the Hot Chocolate lily. 

But as spring cautiously arrived, I began to fear I'd not given it the right conditions. Then I saw signs of life in the form of leaves. I was so relieved that I hadn't killed it that I didn't even think I might get a flower until the following year.

So it was a complete surprise when I opened the curtain this morning and discovered the beautiful bloom. So happy!