Gary J Sibio
Green Cauliflower (B&W) (2018-02-05 19-22-57a)
Green Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea)
I had seen photos of this vegetable before but had never tried it. My daughter bought one and cooked it up. (I photographed it first.) Regular cauliflower is not one of my favorites but it’s alright – cooked or raw – but I didn’t like the the green version at all. If I was starving I could eat it but, if I have a choice, not so much.
The pattern on the plant is often found in nature – the center of sunflowers is a good example – and is based on what is known as the Fibonacci series after the Italian mathematician who discovered it. It’s pretty simple. You start with 1 + 1 = 2. Then take the 1 and the 2 and add them: 1 + 2 = 3. Next 2+ 3 = 5, 3 + 5 = 8, 5 + 8 = 13, etc.
The photo was taken with a Google Pixel 2 XL phone. I then used Luminar 2018 to apply the Clarity Booster preset from the basic presets and my own B&W conversion preset.
Photo © 2018 Gary J. Sibio. All rights reserved.
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Have you ever tried green cauliflower?
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If you’ve tried it, did you like it?
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I like any cauliflower as long as it’s cooked well with an appetizing recipe. You are right about Fibonacci numbers in cauliflower like in many other plants, Gary.
I don’t mind it. There are just a lot of other vegetables I like better.
all plants are using fractals, but some are more obvious about it than others
Very true. Not just plants. It’s common in a lot of natural things.
it’s all over nature, but most prevalent in plants
Love how artistic that cauliflower looks. I have seen the green ones but never tried one. I love all kinds of vegetables so I will have to find one and cook it up.
We use something called “Imperfect Produce” which sells vegetables and other things that the grocery stores won’t touch because aren’t perfect. There’s nothing wrong with them. THey taste just as good as the stuff in the stores but they’re cheaper and it gets delivered right to your door. However, they only sell what they can get their hands on so they don’t have everything all the time. I think they’ve only had this once. I’ve never seen it in the stores.
Good times at #virilypolls
Math is all around us. Regular patterns on flowers, pinecone and many others mirror fibonacci sequences.?
Very true. In fact, pine cones are also based on the Fibonacci series.
I have seen it but never tried it. It looks beautiful in black and white.
I have some color images of it also. It’s a pale green. However I think the black and white emphasizes the pattern better