Protuberance

Wednesday, May 14th 2008, 9:03am by Sarah O

Can anyone tell me what this...THING...is atop my tulip?

The tulips all blossomed weeks ago, but here is this bud-like looking protuberance.

Is it another bud? Is the plant feeding itself?

None of the other tulips in this garden have anything like this.

Should I be worried? Or delighted?

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Seed pod. The evolutionary purpose of a flower is to attract pollinators (basically it's insect porn). Once the pollination happens, the flowers can make seeds, which is what you see now. The head will dry out, fall off, and spread the seeds, hopefully (from the tulip's point of view) making more tulips.
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