Do flowers typically have an even or odd number of petals?

I need to know the answer in order to decide whether I should start with "she loves me" or "she loves me not"

Do flowers typically have an even or odd number of petals?
NeoArt was close to being correct. Numbers *do* vary. Monocots have flowers in 3s (but the sepals can look like petals in some of them so they appear to have 6 petals. Dicots generally have 5s but there are quite a few with only 4 (mustard family for one). There are a scattering of other families with irregular numbers, but they are small and uncommon families. However, for playing "she loves me ... she loves me not" the usual plant group to use are the daisies. Daisy "flowers" are really collections of small flowers (called 'florets' -- individual flowers are quite easy to see ... check out a sunflower when you see one next) and many daisy groups have what are called "ligulate florets" that have what looks like one big petal that sticks out the side of the flower head. It is these "ligules" that you pull out in "she loves me ... she loves me not". The number is not regular and will vary from species to species ... that is what gives the game the element of uncertainty.
Reply:mostly odd and it never works


have you tried it
Reply:depends on the flower, count them ,and then walk over to the girl ,and try it a couple of times to see what it does
Reply:Both are possible but please don't waste the flower petal for your silly love query!
Reply:Start with "She loves me", cause you're in luck. Flowers grow with striking coherence to the Fibonacci sequence, two-thirds of which are odd numbers.
Reply:actually both


take a pentamereous flower(5 petals) andstart with she loves me
Reply:it depends on the species of the flower, although most plants follor the golden ratio, as seen in the fibonaccii sequence and arrangement of the nautalus or sunflower seeds. Mainly, you will find that they are odd numbers though.
Reply:There are two basic kinds of flowering plants out there: the monocots (like corn) and the dicots (like roses).





The monocots (single part seeds) are mostly grasses and have flowers that are based on threes and multiples of threes. So sometimes you get sixes.





The dicots (two part seeds) are the roses, cherries, beans. They generally have five petals. Of course we have messed with that and made multiples of that, too. So you can have 5,10,15, etc.





So, while this is a simple question. I don't think there is a simple answer. Still, if you now look at a flower and notice if it is a multiple of 3, you can tell it is a monocot; or if it is a multiple of 5, it is a dicot.





*Laughing at myself for this answer* %26lt;-dicot asterix