Phal flower stalk attacking plant!

[camille1585]

I have a phal that has done that two years in a row. The spike starts out straight, then it doubles back to circle back up through the leaf base. The first year it managed 2 blooms, this year is got so stuck that the spike aborted (and then the plant started a new spike which promptly did the exact same thing). I'm starting to think that the plant is a dud, it's incapable of spiking normally! It's not light orientation related in my case as far as I can tell, the plant is under lights.