Stumped

What do you think this is? This is the plant I rescued from my son’s yard when he moved into his home. The plant was yellow and brown and really ugly. I took it home and decided it reminded me of an orchid so I repotted it using an orchid medium. I then took the very ugly but now beautifully potted plant and hung it on a tree branch in my front yard and dared the homeowners association to say anything about my ugly plant.

That was 2 years ago, and now the ugly plant has become lovely – it is not quite beautiful but it is not an eyesore. Not only has it become green, it has put on new leaves – lots of new leaves and it has bloomed. I could hardly believe it when I saw the bloom stalk a couple of months ago. I should say there were 2 bloom stalks and a large bud looking thing on each stalk. The bloom never opened – at least not that I saw – and after a week it turned brown and fell to the ground. Then this week, a month later, it produced 2 more blooms.

Here is a picture. Let me know if you can discover what this plant is – I am at a total loss. The leaves are long and leathery. The bloom stalk comes from a notch in the leaves – similar to the way a Christmas cactus blooms, so maybe I am way off base thinking it is an orchid, maybe it is some sort of cactus.

Let me know what you think it is - I am stumped!
ElaineH.