Question

How do petals differ from petaloids?

Answer 1

Petals:

1. It is a colourful portion of the plant.
2. They are the non-essential whorls of the flower.

Petaloids:

1. They are the non-essential parts of a flower that provide protection to the reproductive parts making the flower attractive for cross-pollination.
2. The non-green perianth is called a petaloid.
3. They appear to resemble a petal.

Petals	Petaloids
Modified leaves that are essentially coloured and designed so as to safeguard the essential whorls.	These are petal-like structures but are modified sepals.
2. It is the true corolla of the flower.	2. Here the tepals have turned to petaloid.
3. They contain a separate set of sepals.	3. The sepals have been modified to be perceived as petals.