How long does it take a bloom to open?

[Angurek]

Mine take a few days to open their blooms (and it takes even longer for the buds to mature).

I'd love to see a time-lapse video of an orchid opening its flowers. It'll be interesting to see the buds twist into place and then unfurl.

[ChasWG]

This will just be the bud opening. It's going on 14 and a half hours and still not fully open. The bloom is about half way there at this point. Still recording.

[Bird Song Farm]

It's probably just a bit camera shy, Hope this works out, it will be a great movie!
Al

[Hedge]

Is it open yet? did you get it all? I tried this with cacti and cyclamen using a stills camera without the aid of a tripod and then got a stacking program that put them into a slide show - it worked but it would be better if it was controlled by a computer and with a mounted camera - but good fun none the less