CSS z-index paradox flower

Question

I would like to create a paradoxical effect via the z-index CSS property.

In my code I have five circles, like in the image below, and they are all absolute

Answer 1

JS Fiddle

HTML

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CSS

.item {
    width: 50px;
    height: 50px;
    line-height: 50px;
    border: 1px solid red;
    background: silver;
    border-radius: 50%;
    text-align: center;
}
.item2 {
      width: 25px;
    height: 50px;
    line-height: 50px;
    border: 1px solid red;
    border-right: none;
    border-radius: 50px 0 0 50px;
    background: silver 50%;
    background-size: 25px;
    text-align: center;   
        z-index: -3;
}
.item3 {
    width: 25px;
    height: 50px;
    line-height: 50px;
    border: 1px solid red;
    border-left: none;
    border-radius: 0 50px 50px 0;
    background: silver 50%;
    background-size: 25px;
    text-align: center;    
}
.i1 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 30px;
    left: 0px;
}
.i2 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 0px;
    left: 35px;
}
.i3 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 30px;
    left: 65px;
}
.i4 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 70px;
    left: 55px;
}
.i5 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 70px;
    left: 15px;
}
.i5 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 72px;
    left:19px;

}
.i6 {
    position: absolute;
    top: 72px;
    left: 44px;
}
#five {
     position: absolute;
    top: 88px;
    left: 40px;
    z-index: 100;
}