green stem growing and flower dying

by Nickala Lynn Beaman
(cassadaga N.Y)

the tulip has a green stem like thing growing out of it in the middle of the flower and it is making the tulip open up all the way and making it die

Doug says the green stem-like thing is probably the sexual organs of the tulip flower. They sit in the middle of the flower and are visible when the flower opens up a bit. There should be several of them. The tulip tends to open up after a few days (some do it earlier than others) in any case and then they start to fade and die.

This sounds perfectly natural to me.