photo of my flower

This is my ping that is blooming- none of my interesting pings are blooming but this one is fine.

Had 3 buds prior to this that sort of disintegrated- any idea why that happens?

It takes an incredible amount of energy for a plant to bloom. Sometimes they simply fizzle. I've had that happen from time to time. I think we all have. The bloom you have looks great though.

Yes it does- must be because I am such an incredible novice at this. It looks like it has another bud; sure would have been nice to see a bunch all at once!