[3][4] As described in a film magazine,[5] Thomas Bevan (MacQuarrie) has served an undeserved term in prison.

Visiting a nearby island to trade with a native, Stella meets Bruce Sanders (Barthelmess), a wealthy plantation owner out for excitement.

When the boat is washed ashore, Sanders to show his good faith sinks it again, and Stella confesses that she loves him.

Griffith filmed The Love Flower simultaneously with The Idol Dancer (1920) in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas, in December 1919 to fulfill a contract with First National Pictures,[6] but after previewing the film on April 2, 1920, before the American Newspaper Publishers Association in New York, he purchased the rights to The Love Flower for $400,000.

[3] Additional underwater footage of Dempster was shot in Florida along with scenes of her and MacQuarrie against a black background.