(1) rose petal(2) The differentiated epidermal cells toward the base of the petal are large and elongated, having extremely large nuclei.(3) Even the number of petals on a flower can change after leaf removal.(4) In the third whorl the stamens have petaloid cells on their filaments and no homeotic transformation is observed.(5) The two adaxial sepals are formed in succession, and the two abaxial petals become visible.(6) Flower petals were thrown from the rooftops and everyone cheered for the soldiers.(7) Another good idea was Euphorbia - garden varieties are grown not for the flowers, but for the attractive petallike bracts that surround them.(8) A floral meristem gives rise in sequence to sepals, petals , stamens, and carpels.(9) In several species the flowers never close, as the petals abscise when the flower is still open.(10) The groom's brother douses the newlyweds with flower petals at the end of the ceremony.(11) Inside, bright streamers dangled form the ceiling as flower petals decorated the floor.(12) Its yellow flowers with sharply reflexed petals have many black speckles.(13) Flowers of Nigella have a conspicuous perianth, differentiated into an outer whorl of five white, petaloid sepals and an inner whorl of eight, stalked nectaries.(14) You just need a couple of roses, which give about ten petals per flower.(15) The blossoms vary in shape from simple open bowls to flowers with exquisitely recurved petals .(16) It is a family of predominantly annual and perennial herbs with a semi-succulent habitus, which can be easily distinguished from other balsaminoids by its zygomorphic flowers with a spurred petaloid sepal.