Blc. Yen Corona & partial bloom failure

[bethmarie]

My Yen Corona Green Genie is a youngish plant, but had bloomed at least once before I got it. In late July, it started a spike and produced 4 fat healthy looking buds. The buds finally started opening, and all four looked great. Two of them, though, made it about 2/3 of the way open and started closing again, turned yellow, and gave out. I have two beautiful blooms, so no complaints, but anybody know what happened? All four buds experienced the same growing and blooming conditions. I'm mystified by what caused two of them to die, especially when they looked perfect when they were developing and even when opening.

[RosieC]

It's lovely. Sorry I don't know what happened to the other bud but I've had ones do that in the past on all sorts of orchids, including my one BLC.

[bethmarie]

Rosie, thank you for the feedback. I'm just glad two of the blooms made it and are still going strong.

[WhiteRabbit]

has happened to me as well - don't know what might cause it, sorry