Does anyone know if it is usual for the flower stalk of Scadoxus multiflorus subsp. multiflorus to develop separately from the pseudo stem or partly enclosed within the pseudo stem? The plants that naturally occur in my area of Zambia produce the stalk partly enclosed within the pseudo stem with the leaves partially expanded, pictures of which I have posted to the wiki, but collections I made some 20 or so miles away develop the stalk separately from the pseudo stem and flower when completely leafless. Is this regular variation within the species? Cheers, Nick