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Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

Posted by John Lampard on Thursday, 8 May, 2008 to the comment subset

Fibonacci Numbers in Nature

You can find examples of these Fibonacci numbers everywhere if only you look.

This article points out instances of the sequence in flowers. Knowing the Fibonacci number of a certain flower may be useful for those who like doing the “he/she loves me, he/she loves me not” thing, so they know exactly where to start the recitation.

Probably most of us have never taken the time to examine very carefully the number or arrangement of petals on a flower. If we were to do so, several things would become apparent. First, we would find that the number of petals on a flower is often one of the Fibonacci numbers.

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