# @worldscifest on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/BaKWn4Kg9K1
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/2460897-worldscifest-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/3e2542cd22.jpg
- **Posted:** 2017-10-12T20:42:35.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** WorldScienceFestival (@WorldSciFest) — https://gondola.cc/WorldSciFest

## Caption

The central part of some flowers displays an interesting mathematical pattern: interlocked clockwise and counter-clockwise spirals. The numbers of clockwise or counter-clockwise spirals, called parastichy numbers, tend to be two consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence (where each number is the sum of the two previous numbers in the sequence).
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#math #science #flower #nature #naturephotography #plant #plantlife #life #beauty #earth #center #pattern #naturepattern #sum #fibonaccisequence #number #spiral #mathematical #macro #macrophotography

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## Tags

earth, mathematical, beauty, spiral, pattern, plant, number, flower, nature, science, naturephotography, macro, naturepattern, life, fibonaccisequence, center, sum, math, macrophotography, plantlife

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