Well, I guess it's caught whatever super rot bug you got going on there. I just found one of my new seedlings with a rotten bloom stem that was about a foot high, so now that's one I can't see until next year. I tried to break open the bud and see what colors where there, but it wasn't developed well enough to have any color. Supposed to have a short dry spell here now, so maybe that will slow down the rot.