You have already locked in the nutrient-grabbing root structure and its co-dependent energy-gathering leaf structure. But now you must differentiate leaf buds into flower buds. But where, how many and in what order should they evolve?

Let’s look at the design of a single dahlia flower—mum style—with its near-perfect global sphere shape formed from nearly-identical sets of petals curled into slightly flared cylinder—all neatly packed into an array across the “face” of the flower, accentuated with a dazzling center, contrasting target screaming out to the bees, the butterflies, the hummingbirds—pollinate me, pollinate me!

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