I’ve been staring at a diagram of the reproductive parts of a flower, one that matches pretty well what I see when I peer down into a tulip or lisianthus. But when I compare it to the center of a sunflower, the array of what will soon be sunflower seeds reveals plant parts that are harder for me to identify. This mid-sized Jade Sunflower sports a two inch-wide yellow-green center section which matures starting at the outer edge. I think those alien antennae at the circumference are the stigma. From there, I get lost and stray from the task at hand. What are all those emerging pod people? How could it really be true that the numbers of spirals arcing in opposite directions on a sunflower head are often adjoining Fibonacci numbers (in the case of this particular sunflower, 21 and 34)? Check this sunflower if you want to get lost in the numbers. Since this is a pollenless variety, will that make a difference to bees, and will this type actually produce sunflower seeds? They will certainly make less mess on the table under a bouquet of them. The name Jade is a stretch since the petals have only the faintest Key Lime pie color. In the end, though, any sunflower is cause for celebration.