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Human Mandrake
A good example of a transition from mythical to naturalistic representation – Mandrake, the source of a narcotic pain-killer and aphrodisiac used during the Middle ages, is perhaps the subject of more superstition than any other plant. Native to the … Continue reading
Thriving since 1960, my garden in a bottle: Seedling sealed in its own ecosystem and watered just once in 53 years
David Latimer first planted his bottle garden in 1960 and last watered it in 1972 before tightly sealing it shut ‘as an experiment’ The hardy spiderworts plant inside has grown to fill the 10-gallon container by surviving entirely on recycled … Continue reading
Living Root Bridges –
In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown. Click on image for a larger view The living bridges of Cherrapunji, India are made from the roots of the Ficus elastica tree. This tree … Continue reading
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Tagged Bridges, engineering, india, Living, plants, Root
Orchid : The fairy trap
This pretty orchid has flowers borne in a dense spike which vary from pale to dark pink. They sometimes have darker spots on the lip and the hood has dark pink veins. The Naked Man Orchid (which on close inspection … Continue reading
Posted in Optical Illusions, photo gallery, science, traveling guide
Tagged fairy, Orchid, plants, trap
Logarithmic Spirals –
You see logarithmic spirals every day. They are the natural growth curves of plants and seashells, the celebrated golden curve of ancient Greek mathematics and architecture, the optimal curve for highway turns. Peer into a flower or look down at … Continue reading
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Tagged architecture, golden, logarithmic spirals, pattern, plants, seashells
Aloe polyphylla
Aloe polyphylla is a stemless Aloe and grows its leaves in a very distinctive spiral shape. The plants do not seem to sucker or produce off-shoots, but from the germination of their seeds they can form small, dense clumps. The fat, … Continue reading
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Tagged Aloe polyphylla, plants, Sacred Geometry, spiral
Crooked Forest – Poland.
In a small corner of western Poland a forest of about 400 pine trees grow with a 90 degree bend at the base of their trunks – all bent to the same diraction : northward. Surrounded by a larger forest … Continue reading
Drosophyllum
growing in a spiral nature :
Lupinus texensis leafs growing in a flower of life pattern.
As some will calim, this viral photo is C.G but i don’t think so. some research led me to the Lupinus texensis flower, wich is the state flower of Texas. as you can in this link - http://www.sbs.utexas.edu/bio406d/images/pics/fab/lupinus_texensis.htm during the winter the rosette is … Continue reading
