Yours like quite normal. Asiatic Lilies send up a stem with a rosette of leaves on the end...other lilies sent up long strappy leaves first then the flower stem follows. As the stem grows the leaves fill in down the stem and then the flower buds form at the end of the stem. Sometimes only 2 or 3 buds but then there are those show offs like this one with 10 buds. About 4 inches tall ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden ) 10 buds but they don't all open at once ( photo / image / picture from toni's Garden )
Mine were bought in packages of assorted Asiatic Lilies so there are mini, dwarf and tall varieties scattered around the yard. I think all the 3' tall ones stopped showing up after about 6 yrs in the ground though The first photo is of a fairly new one pretty much just coming up. The photo of the yellow one is taken from the top, I wanted mostly the bloom when I took it early this month, but the plant itself is 18" tall. I really don't know what determines the number of buds on a plant. I always figured it was genetics though.
