I believe sunflowers acknowledged the one visible material side of the equation.
"she must be seeing a reflection....."
what was being asked for is the other side of the equation or what the eyes or senses sometimes fail to grasp.
" Could there be some kind of message there for me that I just can't interpret?"
The cardinal message (of greatest importance) may be for you, sunflowers to be more receptive in the moment as this is how we are fed. When action is balanced with receptivity both aspects are purified. Likewise If there is someone you know in life who is having problems flying straight or needs mending of wing, do what you can for them to suggest or better yet provide them the example of balancing through receptivity (feminine) then inertia dissolves and action (masculine) become more productive the two becoming one are greater than the sum of the parts. The one can only sit for so long and observe the other out of balance.