Phyllotaxis Gallery

Spiral Patterns

Main Sequence <1, 2, 3, 5, 8, . . . >

Pinecone

Mammilaria huitzilopochtli

 

Mammilaria magnimamma

   

1st accessory <1, 3, 4, 7, 11, . . . >

2nd accessory <1, 4, 5, 9, 14, . . . >

3rd accessory <1, 5, 6, 11, 17, . . . >

4th accessory <1, 6, 7, 13, 20, . . . >

Echinopsis tubiflora

   

1st Lateral <2, 5, 7, 13, 29, . . . >

Lantana

Gymnocalycium saglione

 

Bijugate main 2<1, 2, 3, 5, 8, . . . >

Gymnocalycium izozogsii

   

 

Whorl Patterns

Superposed:

Phellodendron amurense

Glottiphyllum fragrans

 

Alternating:

Knautia arvenesis

Archimenes erecta

 

Decussate

Barleria lupulina

Crassula arborescens

 

Distichous

Phalaenopsis

Ravenala madagascarensis

 

 

Mixed Phyllotaxes

Sinningia aggregate

Metasequoia