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I think the answer is that Otto is just a better man/father/game player.
As a second son he had "nothing" and rose to become basically king and did a pretty solid job.
In addition his children, Alicent & Gwayne, largely obeyed their father and became good people.
Ormund however was raised to be a leader and heir. He probably saw Otto level up and thought that should have been him. He listened to his father, who was probably pleased to see Otto succeed since as the older brother he probably "guided" him into the role and could take credit. But once Ormund was in charge he wanted to be his own man and that's why he cut off correspondence.
Otto put his child on the throne (ish) as Queen Alicent and then his grandchildren on the actual throne. If Otto can do it, so can Ormund. So he's going to put "his son", Daeron, on the throne.
Putting Daeron on the throne seems to be an adjustment to the original plan, and Ormund seems to only have come up with it in response to learning that Aemond would not be bringing Vhagar.
That's a good point.
He gave his whole speech about Targaryens being weird/unnatural, and he called Daeron a Hightower.
So maybe he decided Aegon "dying" and Aemon disappearing as a sign.