While they may be important to your partner when you give them to her they are actually not that important in the grand scheme of things. However crops such as peaches, avocados and apricots are almost totally reliant on bees to help them pollinate.
However there are many plants out there that are very important for the world helping both animals to survive and even us to lead the lives that we are so used too.
Plankton
There are 50,000 species that we know about (we cannot track the ones in the darker parts of the ocean) and although we do not see the immediate benefits, millions of animals if not billions are alive because of it. One boom of plankton can actually sustain billions of sea creatures. These plankton are mostly found quite near the surface of the water so they can allow light in which of course allows for photosynthesis to occur. Many people will perhaps never see the importance of this plant but I will say that half of the world’s oxygen is given to us through these plants. Without Plankton there is no way at all that we would be alive, end of.
Fungi
Many people really hate fungi simply because it causes thingsl ike athelets foot and a bit of a mess if it gets into the home but we wouldnt exist without it. Fungi allowed plants to shift out of the sea and onto land all of those billions of years ago and they formed a symbiotic relationship with the plants that still exist today. This also allows plants to gain all of the things they need to survive such as water and the all important nutrients. They also clean up the remains of dead plants and animals and return the nutrients back into the earth.
It is just the way life goes, two of the least important plants to humans are the most important on the entire planet.
So the next time you are out buying your wife some flower make sure you remember what made those flowers possible. Birthday flowers via flower delivery are a great way to make someone happy on their one day of the year.