What are these

[ArronOB]

This small hybrid cattleya has new growths which definitely don’t follow the norm. There’s four of them - which is a lot for such a small plant - but the strange thing about them is their shape. At this early stage I would expect these new growths to still have their leaves tightly bound and relatively undifferentiated. These ones however have leaves that are already spreading apart, in fact are reflexed at their tips. That suggests to me they won’t actually grow much longer, but really I can’t tell what they will grow into.

I’ve seen similar but less extreme growth patterns before. They emerge from the backbulbs and never grow very big. These ones, I believe are emerging from the lead.

The plant is otherwise healthy.

Any ideas.