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Fractal Flowers/Plants posted on Nov 08, 2010
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Wheat, actually, is a grass. The annual global wheat production is in excess of 700 million tons. Depicted here is a macro-representation of one kernel from the kernel bundle of a single plant. The central structure is called the floret. At the base of the floret are tiny structures called the stigma and anther. The side petals are referred to as the glumes. And of course, the whole thing is a fractal because that is exactly what you are looking at. What a special kind of magic this is! How simple. How astonishingly complex. How vital to the starving millions. How valuable. How important. How beautiful it is in design, geometry, and form. And this beauty does not diminish with scale. An electron microscope magnification of 100,000 is every bit as remarkable (and still a fractal). At what scale, I wonder, does the fractal become the substance. Surely, this is sorcery at the highest level. What a blessing. The image is a ray trace of a 4D Mandelbrot quaternion with adjustments to the quaternion constants. It can be rotated and viewed from any angle or direction. Created in Ultra Fractal for an environmental lecture on “fractals in nature”. Some of you have seen other exhibits in this lecture in my prior renderings entitled “Bloom”, “Pollen Factory”, and “Flower”.

Comments (8)


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clbsmiley

8:43AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Into the depths of sustenance. The knowledge you impart in your posts is excellent! I hope you have a great creative day. The sun is shining today, and I am going to go enjoy it.

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peedy

9:13AM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Fantastic fractal, Stan! Great info, too. Corrie

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jmb007

1:15PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

beau travail!

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farmerC

1:57PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Shining.

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dochtersions

3:12PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Amazing image, Stan. I see spreading of the grains by 'fractal-form'. Nature is filled with fractal.

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greyone

3:59PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Gorgeous fractal image! Your work continues to be a superb mixture of pure artistic beauty coupled with a wonderful dose of history and knowledge. This image of wheat coupled with the exquisite description is an ideal example of what i mean. Your blending of science, history and artistry is a wonderful way to draw in people of different interests. Those that come simply for the art will leave with a new appreciation for the science involved, and if someone were to stop by for the science they would soon fall in love with fractals. Excellent work.

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Rerewhakaaitu

4:42PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

This is the most interesting and beautiful Quaternion I have ever seen. Excellent work. Infinitely simple, and infinitely complex.

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npauling

6:52PM | Mon, 08 November 2010

Another wonderful addition to your collection and I am amazed that you have created this in UF. I really will have to look more at my software. A superb wheat kernel.


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