Friday, July 3, 2015

Flowers.........botany............other than a diamond being a girls best friend..........roses and forget me nots usually won't hurt..........



1. Flower petals

15 Uncanny Examples of the Golden Ratio in Nature
The number of petals in a flower consistently follows the Fibonacci sequence. Famous examples include the lily, which has three petals, buttercups, which have five (pictured at left), the chicory's 21, the daisy's 34, and so on. Phi appears in petals on account of the ideal packing arrangement as selected by Darwinian processes; each petal is placed at 0.618034 per turn (out of a 360° circle) allowing for the best possible exposure to sunlight and other factors.

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