I think that something has happened to the bulb, possibly a sudden change of temperature perhaps, to trigger the flower to open without the stalk developing first ... ain't Nature amazing!
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
It was a Wal-Mart left over. $1 I couldn't pass up! It had just a tiny green when I bought it. The leaves and the beginning of a bus came out. Just no stalk. There is the potential of another one on the backside of this one. I will post a picture when it is fully open.
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Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.