I just noticed a new spike on a Phal, which wouldn't be anything unusual,
except ...

This Phal (Phal Baldan's Kaleidoscope 'Golden Treasure' AM/AOS) was bought
at a Safeway grocery store on 9/19/2005 in flower on two spikes. Up until
very recently both spikes continued to be in bloom, but now only one of them
has two flowers left after more than a year of uninterrupted blooming
season. This phal is in a transparent pot, so I can tell that it's root
system looks good; furthermore it has nine healthy leaves including one
fairly new one -- so it is a healthy plant. During this one year that I have
had it (and that it has been in bloom), it has needed to be watered only 12
times, so roughly once a month watering -- that's about as low maintenance
as it gets, right?

And now this Phal has a new spike just starting. It's current flowers are
not going to last much longer, so it will not be in bloom without any break,
but still. Wow!

Does anyone else here have a Phal Baldan's Kaleidoscope? Is it in general a
hybrid that has an exceedingly long lasting blooming season? or is that a
trait that is specific to individual plants?

Joanna