Some people are more interested in shows. In a show I would give credit if 2 flowers are open at once on different stalks., Even in a show you can often see more buds to come.
On my SDBs I like 3 buds, 2 on one stalk & one on a 2nd. There are sometimes 2 buds on on 2 stalks, but some which are bragged about 4 or 5 buds turns me off. The flowers can get in each others way. The criterian for MTBs is 6 buds, some have more & it really makes a difference where grown. John's 'Billie the Brownie' produces 6 buds here. when we saw it at a convention in MD, it was producing 10 & they were not interfering with each other. Whee!
