Changing direction initially, Asian country makes a bit of a bloomer (5)
I believe the answer is:
sepal
'a bit of a bloomer' is the definition.
(part of a flower)
'changing direction initially asian country' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'direction' could be 'se' (SE is an example) and 'se' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'pal' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
'makes' is the link.
(Other definitions for sepal that I've seen before include "Enclosing part of flower" , "Part of the calyx of a flower" , "Part of a flower casing" , "Green part that forms a flower's calyx" , "bit of a bloomer" .)