I've got one almost the same. Does yours have a name?

JROOT,
Its called TOMO, here is a little better pic of it I hope.
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Isn't it funny how these tipped Dahlia varieties seem to move the tip color around in the bloom. My A La Modes have almost all been Dahlia-ishes...none have looked like the photo. I'd sure be curious to know what the technical explanation is (assuming it can be understood by people like me without a PhD...;-])

Cheers,
russ

The dahlia loses the color genes in part or all of the bloom. There's a big longwinded explaination for this but that's what it all boils down to. The bi-colors & varigateds all originated from a couple of solid ancesters somewhere back in time & they spend a lot of years trying to revert to their original colors. That's why we don't want to get any varigated or bi genes in our breeding stock- they're really unstable.

Thanks plantlady!

Cheers,
Russ