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That image at the top is eerily like Romanesco. I actually thought it was at first, but it's synthetic if you look at the left part (... or is it?).

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=Romanesco&iar=images&t=ffab&iai=ht...

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The photo's attribution gives you all you need to know.

https://www.gettyimages.com/detail/photo/romanesco-broccoli-...

Since the left is so distant, I couldn't believe it was real. But it seems to be indeed. Very nice image.

I don't think it's distant? The buds are just physically smaller there.

the fractal broccoli blows my mind.

Fibonacci broccoli.

Doodling in math class (vi hart):

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=bY1sOzTLrQQ

every plant is a fibonacci plant because of leaves

Interestingly, you can often find fractal-like structures in nature as it is the result of maximizing surface area (to absorp sunlight) while minimizing space and energy used.

Indeed, you can find an approximation to the (logarithmic) golden spiral in a romanesco, as each spiral arm is about the ratio of the Fibonacci sequence.

It's also one of the simplest possible shapes to encode, repeating the two basic instructions "grow" and "branch" independent of where in the plant you are.

I think that actually is a photo of Romanesco or at least a pretty good fake!

I would have bet a sizable amount of money (maybe 50 english pence) that the picture was of a Romanesco. They're one of my favourite vegetables though not commonly found in supermarkets round my way.

It is broccoli.

Yeah it's also called Romanesco-Broccoli. Normal Broccoli is like this [0]

[0] https://duckduckgo.com/?q=broccoli&t=ffab&ia=images&iax=imag...

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