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To: Red Badger

Had a Dieffenbachia in 1979 - saw it turn towards the Sun

Which is not surprising and expected

I heard it move its leaves and turned around to see them shaking as it turned towards the Eastern Sunrise 🌄.

It had just overcome the tension of rotating


7 posted on 11/29/2022 1:21:50 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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Rotating along the central wrap of multiple branches


8 posted on 11/29/2022 1:22:52 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: SaveFerris
"Had a Dieffenbachia in 1979 - saw it turn towards the Sun"

I read an article in Scientific American (50 years ago, before they forgot the definition of science), that plants turn toward the sun because the stems produce more chloroform on their sunny side, causing the stem to twist.

Just another one of those amazing things that evolve from chaos. ;)

32 posted on 11/29/2022 3:49:37 PM PST by MV=PY (The Magic Question: Who's paying for it?)
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