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Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 04:41 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

These flowers all came from the same plant. They are the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th blossoms. The 1st blossom (not pictured) looked basically the same as the 2nd blossom that opened. I haven't heard back from the supplier about what is going on with this plant. Has anyone else experienced this? I was thinking that maybe it could be a chimera, so I Googled to see if that could happen in the plant world. In my Google results, I found this interesting link about chimera violets:

http://groups.msn.com/TheVioletVoiceTestSite/nancyschimeraarticle.msnw

2nd blossom
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3rd blossom
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4th blossom
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Posted on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 05:42 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

DJ-- this happens sometimes. More so when the weather is weird. A friend of mine had a dahlia that gave 4 different blooms on the same plant. It also gave here only 4 tubers, but she never kept tract of the tubers and finally lost them. But what she had was the mother plant, one tuber, and 3 sports of that plant, the other 3 tubers. Not all new dahlias come from seeds some come from sports.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 06:23 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Dahlianut wrote on Monday, August 20, 2007 - 05:42 pm:

this happens sometimes. More so when the weather is weird.

Thank you. I had wondered if it might be the weather. We've had our fair share of weird weather this year. I thought it might also have something to do with fertilizer. I used organic fish and seaweed emulsion once this season. I guess if I can manage to save the tubers for next year, we'll see what happens then. I know everything is bug bitten, but I think the solid red made a wonderful flower. I wouldn't mind multiplying that tuber over and over.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 08:39 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

My single dahlias like to morph a bit too. On top of that, I have found that striped flowers in general often have a tendency not to be as consistent as shown in their catalog pics. I'm thinking of all the striped marigolds I've tried.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 11:04 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Loretta wrote on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 08:39 am:

have found that striped flowers in general often have a tendency not to be as consistent as shown in their catalog pics. I'm thinking of all the striped marigolds I've tried.

Good observation!! I have Harlequin Marigolds that I am extremely disappointed in. They are very tall, but they rarely flower and when they do, they are mostly just golden-yellow without the maroon stripes (or with just a few very thin stripes). Very interesting!

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 06:22 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Yes, I've tried those, also Mr. Majestic, La Bamba, maybe one more. They were all the same most of the time - yellow singles. At some point some of the plants starting striping. Some would go back to being yellow or yellow with the stripe colored blotches. I can't say it was fall weather either because it was more arbitrary.
Anyway, your dahlia will be very pretty if all three flowers exist on the plant at the same time.

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Posted on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 07:05 pm EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Loretta wrote on Tuesday, August 21, 2007 - 06:22 pm:

Anyway, your dahlia will be very pretty if all three flowers exist on the plant at the same time.

Yes, I agree! I'll post pix if it decides to give more than one flower at a time.
It is disappointing to hear about all of those Marigolds not living up to expectations!

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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 08:48 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

Here it is, exhibiting its identity crisis.
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Posted on Monday, September 24, 2007 - 08:55 am EST :   Last Buddysize PhotosCopy highlighted text to new message Edit Post Delete Post Print Post

There you go. Still very charming. Think of all the garden space you will save with three flowers on one plant.

Loretta - NJ, Zone "6"

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