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| Fig 17 and Fig18 show a 3° window, 1.5° either side of 137.5° still showing Fibonacci numbers while employing different angles. Their symmetry is morphing in both directions away from 137.5° towards static rationality away from dynamic irrationality. |
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| Fig 17 shows the situation 1° short of 135°, the point at which there will be 8 petals repeating. Fig 18 shows the situation 5° short of 144°, when there will be 5 petals repeating. |
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| 5 and 8 are Fibonacci numbers, symmetrical anchors standing at either end of a band within which both numbers are displayed, along with the numbers below them. |
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| It makes sense, accepting the perceived angle hypothesis, that the Fibonacci numbers in plants should derive from the angles employed rather than the other way around. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Figs 19, 20 and 21 show two members of the daisy family, each with 13 petals, and between them 13 iterations at 137.5°, which group into 5 pairs and 3 singles. It is easier to see this after looking at Fig 23 on page 5 [cyberflowers]. The two petal arrangements differ from each other and from the diagram. The seed heads also show variation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| In Fig 22 a beautiful, almost quadrilateral, sunflower seedhead with good tight packing but more spirals than might be expected. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fig 22
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| These pictures are a reminder that the phi ratio is irrational, the roughly 137.5° angle produced by its division of the circle is also, and results in the field add another dimension of uncertainty. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Flowers which are using the divergence angle of 137.5° overrun or underrun. A 22 petalled daisy is neither very uncommon, nor does it mean that the flower is using a different system from one with 21 petals, or indeed 20.
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