Tibouchina almost in flower

Wow....What a fantastic flower Meanie......no wonder you're getting impatient....

I'm hoping that it's the same as the one that I saw last week. Having seen one in bloom just makes my impatience worse!

as always, just what I expect from you,

Thanks Yorkshire - hopefully in the next day or so I'll be able to post up the pics of it fully open!

look forward to seeing it

Meanie:

Definitely Tibouchina urvilleana.

Thanks guys, and thanks for the id Delonix!

Great detail on this closeup :)

Thanks, Tasteyg!

Got home tonight and the bud had fallen off! So disappointed.

Meanie:

So sorry to hear about that! : > (