The reason is because regular aechor petals do not work on this server. You must use golden petals. Regular ones do serve any purpose here. Although, I did hear a rumor about using a diamond either on the plant or the petal to turn it into a golden one. Not entirely sure if the rumor is true or not ...

its not the texture pack you need to change. hit U goto settings at the bottom left then at the top hit font settings and change it till its readable. you may have to adjust the size too EDIT: and if you need any further help, instead of logging in repeatedly and whining... use the irc chat on this ...