Why do flowers drop their petals or blooms when forming seed pods?

can anyone also please describe what seed pods are and look like?





do they only form after pollination?

Why do flowers drop their petals or blooms when forming seed pods?
flowers drop their seed pods in hopes of reproducing..





pollination is the plants way of reproducing.. .. and the seed pods are the product
Reply:A plant's primary function is to reproduce. Once it is forming seed the blooms no longer serve a purpose so they shrivel and die.





Seed pods are where the seeds form. Pods look different on different plants.
Reply:Doing biology?!?!





They drop blooms etc. as they are no longer needed to attract pollinators and are using up precious energy.


Seed pods are very varied - a pod of peas is a seed pod as is the pepperpot head on a poppy after flowering. Basically, anything that contains seeds!


You can get seed heads when the seed is not pollinated - it simply won't germinate as it is incomplete. Some flowers are completely unable to be germinated due to their highly double flowers - but you can still get seeds from them although you will never get them to reproduce by seed.
Reply:The petals are there to attract the insects that will polenate the flower, once this has been done they are of no further use to the plant, they take energy that is needed to form the seeds to reproduce the next plant, therefore the plant discards the petals so as not to have to feed these at the same time of producing seeds which take a great deal of the plants energy. Its the only reason for the flower to exist.