Deformed Cattleya flower bud Lc. Tokyo Magic x Pot Circle of Love

[JamesL]

Hello Haven't been around in some time.
My question is. I have Lc. Tokyo Magic x Pot. Circle of Love. ( SVO ) it's new this for me this spring. Anyways Tokyo has 3 buds on it, one of them is deformed , the other two look fine so far and just may bloom in a few days. ( loving it. )
is this a normal thing for the type of Cattleya ?
I've had Cattleyas in the past large standards never had any with deformed flowers. Thanks.

[SouthPark]

James ------ the pics are nice, but can't yet comment about the situation, as we probably don't have a very clear view of the bud of interest.

If the bud had simply opened up a bit during development, then that's fine. But even if the bud happens to be truly deformed, then it's ok too - as it won't mean that future buds will follow suit. Deformities occur in the animal world too.

[estación seca]

It's a very young plant. First flowering? Orchids often struggle to open the first set or two of flowers.

[JamesL]

They were summered outdoors , Morning and late afternoon sun, Now there under LED lights Jeffs lights from theorchidhobbyist.com . Fert' with Normans Optimal Nutrients 20-16-5

[SouthPark]

Thanks for that extra photo James. Can see it clearly now. The nice thing is that there are 2 normal looking buds!

[Roberta]

It almost looks like that deformed bud got munched. (Or it might have gotten trapped by the others, something that does sometimes happen) The other two look good, so I wouldn't worry, this is likely a one-off situation.

[JamesL]

And we have blooms .
Lc. Tokyo Magic X Pot. Circle of Love SVO




Haven't a clue why there upside down ?

[Dusty Ol' Man]

Beautiful flowers, but how do you get the pots to sit on the ceiling like that?