I have a Brassavola nodosa 'Mendenhall' x self and according to the grower, the flowers are supposed to have larger lips than the usual nodosa.

I personally don't like the shape of the flowers on my plant. The petals and sepals are too straight and stiff looking. I'm not a Brassavola expert, so is it normal for a nodosa to have such straight and stiff looking petals and sepals? Could it be a hybrid and not the full species?

The others I have seen have longer slender droopy petals and sepals which I really like and prefer, those to me appear more elegant and graceful. I wish I had purchased the var grandiflora instead. Here is a picture of mine in bloom.