I used to hate math when it was taught to me at school. It just never seemed to have a connection to real life. I forgot, you see, that the natural world makes use of mathematics all the time, and these fractal plants are just the proof of that. The language of God, as they say, is math. And so these beautiful plants (and one animal) represent both a real and a mathematical beauty. |
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Hoya Aldrichii |
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Aloe Polyphylla |
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Romanesco Broccoli |
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Crassula Buddha's Temple Plant |
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Amazon Lily Pad |
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A Jeweled Carpet... |
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Fractal Cabbage |
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Sunflower |
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Drosophyllum Lusitanicum |
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Spiraling Succulent |
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The Thinking Cactus |
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Camelia |
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Viola Sacculus |
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Chameleon Tail |
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Leaf Ladder |
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Hoya Pubicalyx |
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Spiral Begonia |
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Hoya kerrii |
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Passiflora Caerulea |
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Gorgeous Symmetry |
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