my fortune plant is blooming again! holy moly!

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I have had this fortune plant for about 12 years now, and for the last 6 or 7 years, it would produce a flower stalk about every one and half years or so. When I entered the house last night, there was this very strong fragrant smell. I went to the breakfast room and lo and behold! my fortune plant is blooming and fragrant, with not one, but two(!) flower stalks! Someone told me that having a fortune plant bloom is tremendous good luck; however, I guess one's interpretation of luck is relative. I've lost my store of 20 years and I had my third stroke, which almost killed me. Well, come to think of it, maybe I'm darn lucky! But two flower stalks! Maybe I should go and buy a lottery ticket...what do you think, fellow myLotters? Have you ever seen a fortune plant bloom? The smell of the flowers is heavenly and only strong enough to smell at night. The smell is very heavy and cloying, heady and if I were to try and describe it, would be a cross between gardenia and orchid. I will ask my son to take a picture and see if he will teach me how to upload it here. As you can probably guess (from the avatar I have been using which is myLot's standard issue for newbies) I am not very tech savvy. Maybe having two flower stalks is double luck? What do you think, my friends?