After many months in bud, the bloom finally opened this week. Unfortunately, I managed to tag it when reaching for another plant and snapped the bloom off after a few days
. The things you learn during your first year growing orchids.
Thankfully it’s holding well as a cut flower.
The photos don’t do the deep colors of the pouch justice.
![Face with rolling eyes :rolling_eyes: 🙄](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f644.png)
![Slightly smiling face :slight_smile: 🙂](https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png)
The photos don’t do the deep colors of the pouch justice.