Cattleya trianaei first bloom!

[SouthPark]

Looks excellent Jeff! If you're up to it ----- see what happens if you ever so carefully, and ever so gently ------ very gently -- unroll the upper (dorsal) sepal, and then see if you can reverse the geometry of the sepal from currently 'convex' shape to a concave shape. Once it flips, it may stand upright.

Eg. LINK

[Jeff214]

Thanks everyone for the kind words!

Originally Posted by SouthPark

Looks excellent Jeff! If you're up to it ----- see what happens if you ever so carefully, and ever so gently ------ very gently -- unroll the upper (dorsal) sepal, and then see if you can reverse the geometry of the sepal from currently 'convex' shape to a concave shape. Once it flips, it may stand upright.

Eg. LINK

I tried but it did not budge. the sepals are pretty hefty on these. It's okay I'm not too worried about that. I was hoping the lip would unfurl a little better but it seems stuck.

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Originally Posted by Roberta

Love the splash petal pattern. Pelorics can have petal distortion when the effect is strong, but doesn't look like a problem here, very gentle.

Can distortions occur in splash/flameas? I thought that was more the true (?) peloric. I'm glad this one came out okay!

[SouthPark]

Originally Posted by Jeff214

I tried but it did not budge. the sepals are pretty hefty on these. It's okay I'm not too worried about that. I was hoping the lip would unfurl a little better but it seems stuck.

Nice one Jeff. At least you tried! The flower looks great anyway.