Focus on a horizontal row of the petals.. if your petals are about 6 inches long... to make 84 inches, that row would need 14 horizontal petals.
If you figure roughly the horizontal rows of petals are about six inches apart... you would need 14 horizontal rows. (14x14 - 196).
*Two* petals hang down underneath each horizontal petal, and if you had 196 horizontal petals... add 196 plus 196..........I think your original 588 is a very good estimate.......
And there seems to be one white *center* for every 3 petals... so about 196 white centers and I *think* for every 3 white centers, there is another white center that fills in, in the middle of those three... , so add about 65 more white centers...
Well its an estimate, see if you can visualize the counting like this... (and good luck) sheeps
Hey, is a good estimate I think....