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Helianthus annuus
One of my sunflowers had purple/white seeds instead of black/white. compare with my other Sunflower Seeds spotting: http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/714...
Urban house flower garden.
The head of a sunflower is formed into two opposite sets of spirals, 21 spirals going in one direction and 34 going in the other. These are consecutive numbers in the Fibonacci sequence.
Spotted on Aug 30, 2011
Submitted on Feb 4, 2012
9 Comments
Thank you Seema!
great macro shot
ok, thanks for letting me know!
@keithp2012--all of the sunflowers I planted looked normal and had black and white seeds, so the purple seeds did not produce a special plant.
what plants resulted from this, anything special?
I definitely will Keith.
Oh ok, if you manage to get any more please keep me in mind I am an avid gardener and this is rare to find seeds like this, let us know if they sprout and become healthy plants.
@keithp2012: I did not dry the flower head properly and it got moldy...I only managed to save a few seeds that I am going to plant them this year.
Is there any way you can save the seeds or any way you could send me any id love to grow some this Summer here!