I may have experienced more than most, but I'm certainly no expert. As Lefty mentioned, where does fasciation begin or end? Perhaps a fused bloom is the most minor example of fasciation. Whether fasciation presents itself in subtle or striking ways, I think it's important to remember that there isn't anything pathological here, just nature's little quirks for the observant.
How a fused bloom differs from a poly is that the poly has extra parts and the fused has double everything and is otherwise normally formed ~ style, filaments, anthers, etc. Lorn, yours looks like it is fused but didn't quite have the 'oomph' to separate enough to make it obvious.
Jo Ann ~ your Fata Morgana is the most easily recognizable form called ribbon fasciation, but it does show up in other ways, seen here toward the bottom
http://garden.org/thread/view_...
So here we are at the end of 2012 with last winter's warmth, long Spring and brutally hot Summer and I, Moby, Queen of Fasciation (thanks Lefty) had no fasciations. None. Nada. ZIP! I guess it must be the 'stop and grow' weather we usually get here in the middle of the country.
