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Aloe polyphylla Observations and Comments
October 24, 2011
I claimed, in the preceding article, that some plants will spontaneously change their growth orientation from R to L or L to R. I haven't witnessed this in my own inventory for many years though. This mature plant flowered this year and began to change from Right to Left. Look closely at the center region, the last seven leaf began a Left spiral. This photo shows that.
- There is no genetic prescription which locks any given plant into a phyllotaxy R or L for its life.
- There exists a precarious balancing act in the apical meristem which can be disturbed somehow, shifting the cell division for new leaf from one phyllotaxy to another. read more