I bought this plant 1 year ago, at a show in Lakeland, Fl.. It presently has three spikes, it would have had four, but the first one got some insecticide in the buds....blasted! I guess it's a reliable bloomer, I bought it (in bloom) with a Phal. violacea var borneo (that was also blooming), and the Phal. is about to open it's first flower of the year (any day now)! The darker flowers (on the right) just opened, yesterday.