Originally Posted by Taon

I don't think your tastes in waifu are the problem.

I have zero evidence other than the ratio of bloomed-with-artwork to bloomed-without-artwork girls, but I strongly suspect the initial bloom girls were chosen more for the availability of artwork by the respective artists than popularity. There are still girls on DMM who've been around a long while who don't have bloomed artwork, such as Dianthus, Christmas Rose and Oncidium Bride. Viola (Yukata) got bloomed artwork well before the older Viola as another example.

I'm guessing you are on to something here, considering that Oncidium and Oncidium (bride) are 2 of the most popular girls on DMM it is odd to not see the bride ver bloomed already.
And for those doubting the popularity... Oncidium (Bride) exists because Oncidium won the popularity poll at the time.