I aint callin you a liar or anything either so please dont take offense. Not just about the bud, but the leaf structure as well in poly and the one pictured above. Nothing growing at "not normal" or "other bud sites like leaves", but just gigantism and too many sugar leaves to count. Plus my stalk was just as his was described as well. Im fairly certain his was a poly and I am certain mine was. True poly's dont grow into large normal shaped buds, but maybe stabilized poly fruit like strawberry....yes, and even then there are usually deformations.