Hello,

I'm wondering how one gets a paph to open up very wide as in pictures one
sees. My Maude Raven X Black Buddha is in spike. It bloomed last year,
and was gorgeous, but it didn't have that spread open, erect look one sees
in pictures such as this one:

http://www.chadwickorchids.com/Photo...rciaorraca.htm

Is it manually spread out somehow, or is there something else going on.

I can post a picture of last year's bloom in the binaries group if anyone
thinks it would be useful.

Thanks!