The flowers that are pollinated with the help of bees and butterflies usually have delicate scents and beautiful petals to attract insects that carry pollen.
Hydrangeas need the help of insects, but they don’t stand out like other flowers, as their delicate flowers, instead of large and colorful ones, are packed tightly together. This is why hydrangeas take special measures: they make fake flowers. They transform the calyx to look like a flower. It’s called showy flower because it does not bear fruit. Hydrangeas commonly found in flower shops are the enhanced variety that blooms only showy flowers.
Showy flowers invite bees and butterflies, surrounding the true flowers. The flowers that have been pollinated will fall, but showy flowers do not fall because they are not pollinated. Instead, the leaves turn towards the ground as a sign that the flowers are pollinated.
After completing their mission of helping the true flowers’ pollination, beautiful showy flowers of hydrangeas lower their heads. The role of assistants is inspiring.