Best Grain Orientation for Steam Bending?

Hi,
I’m planning a project that requires steam bending and before ripping the strips I need to bend, it occurred to me that it might be easier to bend if I orient the grain in one way or the other. Is it better to have the growth rings parallel or perpendicular to the direction of the bend or does it make any difference? It seems like it would be less likely to split along the grain if the rings are perpendicular.
Getting wood with the least amount of grain runout is by far the most important. After that, if you can get air-dried instead of kiln dried it’s better. Otherwise most people seem to say that it makes no real difference whether you bend along the flatsawn or the quartersawn plane. I”ve not notice any difference, although I haven’t steam bent hundreds of times or kept rigorous records of my bending.


Thanks!

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