Congratulations Mitch!
Well, the pod opened, and a beautiful flower emerged! I missed the first one, but caught this one early this morning. It opens very early and is completely closed by mid afternoon. I don't know if it will re-open tomorrow. I suspect it is a one day flower, but will watch for it to see if it re-opens. There are other pods that I hope will also produce flowers.
Nikon D7000 with Tokina 100mm macro @5.6. image stack (4). I should have had more images, so certain focal planes are a bit soft. I did do some background clean up on this one.