I wrote earlier announcing that to my surprise mine was going to flower this year and it did produce a stalk but then it rained continuously and it eventually fell off before opening. My plant doesn't look happy at all. I find it very interesting the different times it blooms as mine looked like it was going to bloom in March. We had that warm weather in February so perhaps that fooled it. If Paul is reading this he will see that a lot of us California people who met him in person a number of years ago remember him and wish he had more time to participate. Mary Sue