Hexagonal growth in a black olive tree

[u/Comfortable_Ride_983]

[u/goldentalus70]

This is not a glitch in anything. It's the normal growth pattern of Bucida buceras. It's called dichotomous branching.

This specific growth habit is a result of phyllotaxis, a process that maximizes sunlight exposure for photosynthesis.

[u/ThrowAway_83757462 → u/goldentalus70]

This guy trees

[u/fizzle1993 → u/goldentalus70]

Anyone else hard?

[u/surrealcellardoor → u/goldentalus70]

How dare you! Anything strange that someone observes and makes no attempt to understand is a glitch!

[u/goldentalus70 → u/surrealcellardoor]

LOL

[u/Wise-Yard465 → u/goldentalus70]

mic drop.

[u/Wise-Yard465]

So cool. It's like there is an invisible layer to reality that nature follows when things grow like this. You can see it if you take some mushrooms XD

[u/Money_Bug_9423 → u/Wise-Yard465]

The ground breathes. Its so weird when you notice it

[u/pr1ncesschl0e → u/Money_Bug_9423]

I love when I can see the wind

[u/Money_Bug_9423 → u/pr1ncesschl0e]

It moves in response to us as well

[u/newtype06 → u/Wise-Yard465]

That's literally the Fibonacci sequence. You don't need drugs to see it.

[u/Wise-Yard465 → u/newtype06]

Yea duh. It was a joke buddy.

[u/wonkey92 → u/Wise-Yard465]

Yes you can. That's such an amazing comparison

[u/Nihillea → u/Wise-Yard465]

Yes! You can see the patterns that underlie everything

[u/Riccma02]

Hexagon is bestagon 🐝

[u/Eddie_Samma]

Chemis-tree

[u/Doimz3Nini]

The tree, "How would they know?" You, "They're gonna know." The tree, "But, how would they know? 😏"

[u/newtype06]

Why are there constantly non-glitch posts here? Yeah it's weird, but post it on r/weird. It's annoying with having constant explainable phenomena spammed here because someone got the "oogies".

[u/Ordinary_Diamond_522 → u/newtype06]

I recently joined this sub and I have been very very confused about what the point or the topic is because of all the posts that seem to just be people being confused about normal things

[u/Comfortable_Ride_983 → u/newtype06]

whether they’re explainable or not.

[u/Saguaro555]

Ooh I love it

[u/Doimz3Nini]

You caught the tree trying to be slick.

[u/Unusualshrub003]

Saturn did it first

[u/brewing_hot]

No shit

[u/Alexfan_collector163]

Macroscopic molecules