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Does anyone know why Nasturtium flowers have those strange
horn-shaped
bits pointing backwards?

A pictu http://www.andysmall.com/Media/Jpegs/00006.jpg

My best guess so far: flower/bee counter-weight.

Think you know better than that?

It's a peg for bees to hang their hat and jacket on?

In that case I suppose the bees hold committee meetings in
long-spurred Aquilegias.

Franz