Five petals on Flowers.

Hi deepak, God has created every creation purposely. Regarding the flowers, for some are popular on its fragrance and some are attractive on look, the flowers which are bloom in night is having the white color. I don’t want to explain the reason because everybody knows the reasons and the intention of God. Coming to your question, I don’t the exact answer. If you can find it out from any member please let me know. I too, curious to know the answer.

Hi Deepak! really a good discussion.. infact I never worried about this before.. but your discussion made me to think of it.. I think its the great creation of god to make it beautiful to look.. So that we people can enjoy the nature..

Wow! I never had any idea about the names of those beautiful flowers! The alliteration in Bermuda Buttercup and the rhyme in Modiola Caroliniana or the plox or Moss - all goes to show how much beautiful and creative we humans are! Nature is God's creation and even though in some reclusive times I have thought about the patterns of the ripples or the rhythmic moving of the sand on a sea shore or even about the white stripes on black on a zebra, I have had no clue whatsoever as to the whys of the nature! Obviously, God had something on mind while creating the nature. May be, He intentionally wanted us be intrigued indefinitely. Now, I hardly ponder over the patterns of the nature for I would love to watch them just as it is. Being intrigued is good sometimes. Did I say this was an intriguing discussion to respond to!?

Deepak! I am an ardent admirer too of nature's marvel .I heard from my mother that right from a very young age, whenever I passed through a garden or park I would look at a beautiful flower, stand and watch it in open mouthed adoration and she had to drag me further. I have not changed still as far as the admiration goes. Such thoughts have not struck me with flowers .I would be so carried away by the beauty or the scent and I would go gaga about the flowers and color and what not! However, I just keep wondering about how symmetrical a corncob is or a pomegranate is .It only shows how mysterious nature is and no wonder poets like Wordsworth identified God with Nature. As far as the reason why there are only five petals and not four I know one reason for sure--to intrigue us as Mimpi pointed out and [ also perhaps for us all to discuss this. However, I think we would be able to get some scientific reason for this too-- I got some information like the following but you can read through this further and I am posting the link here. “Certain plant families generally have a specific number of nominal petals, be it 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 or 12. But just like the 3-leaved clovers can sometimes have 4 leaves, flowers too can have variable number of petals. Thus nominally 6-petalled flowers can sometimes have 5 or 7 or 8, maybe even 9 petals. Most Stonecrops have but 5 petals. Furthermore no plant that is not aquatic has three petals. Flowers possessing five is a very popular number, for they do not need to pack together orderly. But some with five petals do have one peculiar property. Many flowers (but not all) with five petals have asymmetrically shaped petals, rather like propeller blades where the leading edge is of a different shape to the trailing edge. The Periwinkle Family are such flowers; another is some members of the Mallow Family. Soapwort and Bouncing Bett also exhibit this property which seems to be peculiarly restricted to those having 5 petals at 72 degree intervals around a circle. However, not all those which have five petals separated at 72 degrees have this asymmetric characteristic. Some are totally symmetric------ . http://wildflowerfinder.org.uk/Menu2/Petals/Petals_Info/Petals_Info.htm

Hello my friend. Nature, including flowers and plants, is fascinating, and you've mentioned one of the reasons why. The design of each living thing is intricate and beautiful...well ordered by the Creator. The programming, though sometimes there can be a mutant type deviation, is programmed into each seed, and if a flower is to have five petals, well ordered and symetrical, that is what you'll get each time. Interesting thoughts! Karen

Everything in nature is symmetrical till the center. I just feel happy looking at the flowers and a feeling of calm, if I can call it that, descends on me when I see most of them. They do have so much to tell us - in quieter sort of way. Flowers and dolphins - seem to be going out of their way to make humans happy - isn't it? Considering that they are not even the same species as we are, we should feel blessed to see such beautiful creations.

Deepak, that's the wonder and beauty of nature isn't it ? Symmetry, form,shape, hues and colour, wonderous smells and more. These are beautiful flowers and I am sure the question has intrigued many as to why 5 petals for these flowers and why not 4 or 6. I think i'd rather admire and appreciate the beauty of them more than trying to mentally disect and understand the scientific reasons.

I have often wandered about this also but I have no idea about it either. I guess it has to do with genetics just like a human has five fingers and toes. That is all I can think of.

I know for a fact it has something to do with evolution and bees. The five petals on each flower communicates something from each flower to it's pollinator. Exactly what, I have no idea, but you can call those flowers nature's little sign posts with sweet treats attached!

dpk hi I think perhaps God liked the idea of perfect symmetry and I have always noticed that five of anything seems almost to be perfect and a circle always means closure. leave it to God to make things so beautifully perfect.

When I was a child my grandmother used to grow Periwinkles. I haven't seen these in Trinidad for a long time. In fact, in over thirty years I only saw them once about three years ago in a plant shop in a far suburb. I remember my granny had them in rows in our front lawn. All the colours and shades and I used to stand up, as a child, and admire them.

hi deepak! i think its their nature, and that's how God created them...just like how we humans are formed with all of our body parts properly placed according to its uses... and nature is really nice, beautiful & just amazing... have a nice day my friend!

Isn't God and nature amazing, Deepak? To think that from small seeds grow so many intricate and such a variety of flowers. A rose, for instance, or an iris, or yes, those perfect 5-petal flowers. Each so detail and well designed; each with the ability to propogate seeds to grow more of their kind. Again, amazing! Karen

hey deepak, intersesting and different topic..i donno y flowers r symmetrical,but i do know they are beautiful.i guess i has five petals because it will take that much petals together to bring out its beauty which is not something a single petal could have done.being together is their beauty

wow!you know all these names!!i get confused when my kids ask me which flower is what!to be truthful,the question you asked did enter my mind but i have shrugged it off saying that it is Gods creation and HE made them into a perfect circle.

hi Deepak, I’m really intrigued as to how you know the English names of so many flowers…I don’t even know the Bengali names of all of them LOL Anyways, I must admit that it’s a mystery to me as to why there are only five petals in most flowers…OK five looks very symmetrical but is that the only reason? *shrug* don’t know, I don’t think it was there in our botany class either! Let’s see if somebody has an answer to this latest ‘Deepak puzzle’

Hi dpk nice to see u after long u r very right Allah is the only Creator and best, no doubt. Every thing created by him has purpose, logic and symetary, which u might not know but later advancement in scence and technology reveal it To answer your question, check and botany student , as might be all these flower to same specicies/family. Take care

Hello my friend dpk262006 Ji, I think you may be Botony student and have keen desire in learning.I may notbe holding true opinion as I have never observed such things. But one thing is good 'Five' is a good figure. I do appriciate your belonging and keen desire to learn new things. May God bless You and have a great day.

It is definitely the miracle of nature that it has produced everything in such perfection and with so much care.That is why we call her Mother nature.And above all I think it is the hands of the benevolent creator who has bestowed such beauty for observation.It is our duty to get pleasure from such unparalleled beauty and also to nurture and protect it.

hi my friend, i am happy because i am back here but not like before my friend, like for how many hours.. i can just drop by for at least one hour daily, i can't go to the cafe every night.. it's not safe for me to room around in the city alone so i just prefer to be at home the whole night.. how are you my friend?? well back on your topic, i also noticed that nice creation of GOD.. we have so many flowers also here in our place with 5 petals, and i love to watch for it.. it's unexplainable but surely it's very great and nice to look at, have a great day my friend and i miss u..