This final Bloom on the Second Stalk was first spotted on January 12th http://www.pbase.com/britestar/image/158795473
She opened on January 17th http://www.pbase.com/britestar/image/158844870
On January 19th, she was at her peak http://www.pbase.com/britestar/image/158880274
She still remained beautiful even on January 22 http://www.pbase.com/britestar/image/158911474

But all things of Nature are finite and eventually come to an end. The fading will be very fast now.