Main Kolas and all buds are but series of flower pods that have exploded and grew into one another.

Sometimes, the new growth stops and the flowers simply swell and swell and swell.

Those leafs are I think just signs the plant is still growing.

I really advise you do a selective harvest on your plant but that is up to you.

New bud shoots will sprout and remain close and tight the main stem so your kola does consist of one MAIN STEM but is indeed made up of many smaller growths.

Up to a certain point, then the exixting buds swell later in flower when she stops growing.