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virginiarose said:Has anyone had problems with Partita? The first two flowers on mine got eaten by a slug and the third flower got water spots after a heavy rain. That was it, only three flowers and I have been waiting almost a month to see another and get a good pic, no luck so far.

I received Partita last year (and this year, too) as a bonus. The first blooms did look punky (the fans I received this year bloomed already and were not much to write home about, also) but on rebloom, the first Partita settled down and bloomed like this:

Now that it is hot, the flowers are okay but not as stunning as the spring-time blooms. It seems to need to settle down for a cycle and close to perfect environmental conditions here to put on its show.