Flower (Forestry)

Flowers is a trait inherited by Bees that determines what type of block they require nearby in order for a hive to be productive. "Flower" is a bit of a misnomer, as some Bee Species need inanimate objects or plants without a flowering body. The speed at which a hive spreads or speeds the growth of its flower is determined by the Pollination trait. Certain types of multi-block "flower" will exceed their normal growth limits, such as Cacti or Sugar Cane, when a hive with the matching Flower trait is present and active. The flower trait can be altered through Bee Breeding or use of an appropriate Serum in an Inoculator. The rate at which the bee speeds the growth/spreads the "flower" that it acts upon can be affected by the Flowering trait.

Keyword	Actual Requirement	Spreads	Speeds Growth
Flowers	Vanilla Yellow Flower, Rose, Buttercup, Cala Lily, Hydrangea, or Purple Flower	Yes	No
Jungle	Vanilla Vine or Fern	Vine: Yes; Fern: No	No
Mushroom	Vanilla brown Mushroom or red Mushroom. Toadstool will not work, nor will giant mushrooms.	Unknown	Unknown
Cacti	Vanilla Cactus. Will grow taller than 3 blocks.	No	Yes
Lily Pad	Vanilla Lily Pads	Yes	No
Wheat	Vanilla Wheat	No	No
Rock	Any stone block, such as Cobblestone, Smooth Stone, or any type of Stone Brick	No	No
Reeds	Vanilla Sugar Canes. Will grow taller than 3 blocks.	No	Yes
Redstone	Redstone Torch*	No	No
Nether	Vanilla Netherwart	No	Unknown
End	Ender Dragon Egg(Chorus in 1.10.2+)	No	No
Magic Flowers	Shimmerleaf or Cinderpearl (Will spread both flowers, but cinderpearl grow only on sand near the apiary)	Yes	No
Books	Vanilla Bookshelves	No	No
Node	Node from Thaumcraft 3 or Vishroom if Thaumcraft 6	No	Yes
Purify Node	Similar to Node. Must be near a Node with some Flux. Removes Flux from the Node and turns them into Crystallized Aspects. May also slowly reduce Vis levels of nearest node? Changes to Node after TB 1.4.4a. Replaced with Purify Aura Effect.	No	No
Fluxify Node	The antithesis of Purify Node. Must be near a Node of any type. Adds Flux of random aspects to the Node. Changes to Node after TB 1.4.4a. Replaced with Aura Flux Effect.	No	No
Exotic Flowers	Ars Magica 2 flowers like Aum, Tarma Root, Desert Nova, and Blue Orchid.	No	No
None	Requires no nearby objects as a "flower".	No	No

* Redstone Torches seem to be the only acceptable item for this type of flower requirement. Neither Redstone Ore, Redstone Dust (powered or unpowered), RedPower components nor Red Alloy Wire will work.