Apologies I Saw This And My Plant Autism Activated Like A Sleeper Agent - Blog Posts

I mean if you want to get really technical petals are biologically just leaves. The only real difference between leaves and petals is that petals don't have chloroplasts because their purpose is to attract pollinators rather than to photosynthesize. That's also why they're so colorful. Scientists even categorize/classify petals as leaves, rather than a separate part of the flower like the stem!

I knew poinsettias "faked" having big flowers by just turning some leaves red but I didn't know the real tiny flowers in the middle looked like such idiots