Here are a few examples...sometimes as the one plant does...you get buds without a sheath. Mostly though the sheath comes first.

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I don't cut a flowers stalk off, after the flowers are done, unless they turn brown. Obviously; this plant bloomed a short while ago...the old stem is still green. There are two buds in there, you can see the first one with the red tinge on it.

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