Another confused Cattleya

A month ago I posted on a confused C. purpurata.  Here we have another confused Cattleya, this time, C. trianae.  A while back I acquired two bareroot C. trianae from S. America.  They're just trying to get established right now.  Here is one of them, and I have to admit this surprised me.  Out of a dried sheath a single bud is emerging.  In this hemisphere this species almost always blooms in January.  It is clearly on southern hemisphere schedule.  I pinched off this bud after taking the photo.  There is no way I am going to allow this plant to use its meager resources to produce a flower.  Hopefully losing the flower will initiate a cycle of vegetative/root growth.