My Red Cloud Mesa was also the first of my plants to put up scapes this year. It had 3 but they were only about 6" tall and were really looking deformed. 2 scapes actually died and the other one lost all buds except for one. It might bloom but it's not looking good. I did notice that it has put on a healthy looking scape, so maybe it will bloom later.
Leslie was your plant divided last year? Mine was and I'm wondering if that was the cause of it putting up the bad scapes?