Good thing we don't all have the same taste. I like this bloom and would love to have something like that in my clematis collection.

I think it's kind of cool and interesting too.

I've had a few people tell me it had something to do with the hybridization and distant cousins!! Lol!! Having said that, I do like it. Definitely unusual!! Thanks guys!!!

I have same. Will tell you name asap

Weirdly, I just looked again and on that same new growth, I have a "normal" flower again. Crazy genetics!

Once in a while you get a "sport" or mutation. That's how some new varieties are discovered. You can bag the flower to collect the seeds when it finishes blooming and see what happens to the offspring. If other blossoms on the same vine are normal, it's unlikely that a gene will be passed down. You can mark that vine (use a twist tie or piece of yarn) to see if more of these flowers occur.

Same here. I like it.