Phyllotaxy.
I guess my students in Bachelor Science of Biotechnology and Agriculture can understand this word better than I am.
For me, it is a complicated word of botany.
According to Wikipedia, it is the the way of plants arrange their leaves. The word originally was borrowed from Ancient Greek word, phýllon "leaf" and táxis"arrangement. More reading about phyllotaxy will lead us to several more complicated but amazing phenomenon of the nature; Fibonacii Angle.
It is amazing that the angle between successive leaves on a stem is often about 137.5 degrees.
Subhanallah.
The ultimate aim for this arrangement is, for every leaf to reach maximum sunlight and resources. That will lead to the maximum or at least optimum performance of every leaf. For the sake of the whole tree.
Subhanallah.
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Sesungguhnya pada kejadian langit dan bumi dan pada pertukaran malam dan siang, ada tanda-tanda (kekuasaan, kebijaksanaan dan keluasan rahmat Allah) bagi orang-orang yang berakal. (Iaitu) orang-orang yang menyebut dan mengingati Allah semasa mereka berdiri dan duduk dan semasa mereka berbaring mengiring dan mereka pula memikirkan tentang kejadian langit dan bumi (sambil berkata): Wahai Tuhan kami! Tidaklah Engkau menjadikan benda-benda ini dengan sia-sia, Maha Suci Engkau, maka peliharalah kami dari azab Neraka.
Ali Imran, 190-191.
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Phyllotaxy.
Maybe one way how God want to teach us, human-being, about how to organize a group of people.
How everybody in an organization should be given enough and equal space and chances to give the best performance. Especially when most of the members of organization have equal abilities.
Phyllotaxy.
Is really something to think about.
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Menulis dari jauh,
Norshida Ismail,
Hiroshima University,
May 12, 2011.
