Quote Originally Posted by orchid-man
My inital thought was water and a lack of air movement.But having a closer look at the photoI am seeing damage to the edges of both the flowers that are in the
photo.
I am thinking that there are a number of factors involed---
(1 )the edges of the flowers have been damaged by something , pehaps when it was transported
(2)at some stage the humidity was high and there wasnt enough air movement
(3)the age of the flowers , they are on there way out
I agree, it could be any of these; however, My first guess would be perhaps a snail. Snails have a raspy tongue and the markings (at least on the top flower) look as if the damage follows a repeating pattern. Snails will move along and eat in a line. So, this could be the problem. The flower stem does not look that old (color is still green/white and looks fairly plump) so I suspect it is not just the age of the bloom, but I am still learning about these amazing flowers everyday. This is just my two cents...

Cheers!
Brutal_Dreamer