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1、WhyDoSunflowersFollowtheSun?Bloomingsunflower.Itfeelsgoodtolookat,doesn'tit?Somethingaboutbrightyellowandradialsymmetryissopleasingtotheeyesandmind.PerhapsthevisualbuzzwegetfromgazingonsunflowersisduetothearrangementoftheflowerpartsinwhatisknownasFibbonacispir
2、als,whichIwillnotattempttoexplaintoyou,butwhichyoucanlearnabouthereinafascinatinganimation.NomatterhowmuchyouunderstandFibbonacispirals,sunflowersarecaptivating.Thetoppictureshowsarecently-openedsunflowerinflorescence,orgroupofflowers.Eachdotinthefaceofthesunf
3、lowerisactuallyasingleflower,andthepictureaboveshowssunflowersatthestageofpollination.Afterpollenhasbeentransportedfromthemalepartsoftheflowertothefemalepartsoftheflower,thefemalepartsoftheflowerbegintogrowintowhatweknowofassunflowerseeds.Inthetwophotographsbe
4、low,youcanseeamaturesunflowerinflorescencetransitioningtosunflowerseeds.Sunflowerfinishingbloomingandturningtoseed.SunflowerseedsnotyetturnedblackarrangedinaFibbonacispiral,allowingformaximumpackingofseeds.Above,youcanseewhitishgreensunflowerseedspackedtogethe
5、rwiththeirpointyendin.TheFibbonacispiralarrangementallowstheplanttopackasmanyseedsaspossibleintothespaceavailable.Asthissunflowermatures,theseedswillturnstripedwhiteandblacklikewhatwe'reaccustomedtoseeinginthegrocerystoreorbirdfeeder.Foramoredetaileddescriptio
6、nofsunflowerfloralstructures,seemyolderpostonaster-typeflowers,writtenwhenIwrotecatchierthoughless-internet-searchabletitlesformyposts.Sunflowersalsodothatamazingsun-followingtrickthatmakestheseplantsseemtopossesssomemysticalpowers.Well,ifyou'dliketomaintainyo
7、ursunflowermysticism,Isuggestyouskiptherestofthetextinthispostandjustlookattheprettypictures.Sunflowersfacingthesun.What'sreallygoingonhereissomethingcalledheliotropism,andlotsofplantsdoit.Heliotropismmeansmovingtowardthesun.Ifyou'veeverrepositionedyourselfper
8、iodicallyduringanafternoonofmisguidedyouthfultanninginordertogetevensunexposureonallpartsofyourpreviouslycancer-freeskin,you'vedoneheliotropismyourself.Thepuzzlewithsunflowersis,wh
