This design was a rather coincidental discovery while trying to figure out one of Shuzo Fuchimoto’s designs. I had an idea and immediately cut a new hexagon to try it out. I later learned that the recursive portion of the Recursive Blossom is identical to the recursive version of Shuzo Fuchimoto’s Petals (CFW 85) independently discovered by Michal Kosmulski, Andrew Hudson, Edward Minstretta and now me.
While you do have to completely unfold the model at every level, I find the folding process rather methodical and relaxing.