I've had my Phal since Valentine's Day so that is 4 months. When I got it from my boyfriend there were only 2 blooms. One was wilted and soon fell off and the other followed suit soon after. Not a big deal. Since then there were 3 buds. All of them opened. The very first had no problems at all and I loved it. The second one opened up fine but the two petals had slits in them like when you make paper snowflakes. The last one turned slightly brown as a bud but opened none the less. It looks almost normal with minimal damage to one petal and one sepal. The last bud opened sometime in April I believe. I was curious how long they stay in bloom? I love the 3 that I have but I would love to see the whole spike in bloom at once. Do the blooms just fall off? Once they do should I cut the spike back or just let it bloom again from the same spike?

Thank you~!