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The smells in flowers come from special oils that are produced in the petals as the plant grows. When this oil evaporates, which it does very easily, it gives off a fragrance which we can smell. Various combinations of chemicals in the oils of different flowers result in a variety of fragrances. Some are pleasant, sweet smells, like those of roses, lilacs, and lilies, while others are quite unpleasant. The pelican flower of South America, for example, smells like rotten meat! Flowers get their red, purple, orange, pink, or yellow colors from the pigments, or coloring matter, in the sap of their cells. It is both the scents and colors which attract insects and birds, which land on the flower to sip its nectar. In doing so, they help to spread the pollen for new flowers. Many flowers have the same oil in their leaves, roots, and fruit as they have in their petals, so we can smell the fragrances in those places too!
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoSome flowers smell good to some people and others do not. This is a genetically inherited opinion and varies from person to person. What smells bad to one person might smell good to another person.
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∙ 9y agoFlowers often smell nice because they need to attract insects in order to be pollinated. Insects pollinate plants by taking the pollen and transferring it to different flowers.
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∙ 15y agobecause of the different air around it goes to the plant
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∙ 13y agoTo attract bees and other insects so they can be pollinated and propagate.
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∙ 11y agoTo aattract insects
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Was it important that the flowers have different kinds of smell and colours to attract different insects?
yes flowers need particular insects to pollinate them.
What does it mean if you smell flowers when there are no flowers around?
You can smell flowers when there are none around because the smell can flow with the wind/breeze.
Why do roses smell different than carnations?
Roses smell different than carnations because they are different flowers. They also, have different types of growth temperatures. Like every other flower smells different from each other flower. Example, like chewing gum, not all chewing gum smells the same they have to smell different because all chewing gum like flowers smell different. Roses smell different than carnations because they have different chemical make-ups.
Why do flowers smell so amazing?
Flowers smell to attract the insects that pollinate them.
What is more important to a women the smell of the smell of the flowers the color of the flowers or the number of flowers?
It depends on where the flowers are being delivered to. If at work, then it is the amount and the type (to show off to the coworkers). If it is at home, then it's the color and the smell.
How do you smell flowers?
With your nose.
What does it mean when you smell flowers?
It means that (a) there are flowers present, and (b) your sense of smell still works.
What flowers smell bad?
Carrion flowers, like Raffelsia, which attarct flies for pollination are examples of flower that smell bad
Why do flowers have bright colours and sweet smell?
flowers are pollinated by insect
Why flowers smell good?
beacuase nature makes it smell good
What is the chemical responsible for the smell of soaps?
Is the flowers that makes the good smell
How do carrion flowers smell rotten?
They smell as they do to attract the flies that pollinate them.
