Buddy? Daisy?

At last, through deep meditation and constant care, the bonsai potato has started to sprout. Daisy seems happy.
By the way, are there any botanists out there? This is a marigold; one of a bunch we bought the other day. Is this normal? A new bud is sprouting out of the middle of the old flower. Freak marigold...woah!
Scary stuff.