Time Lapse of Bean

2 years ago
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Kidney bean time lapse with soil cross section. Showing how roots ant upper part of plant grows.
The wriggling motion is called “circumnutation”, in which the plant apical meristem is actually growing alternately in a full circle. Vining plants like beans use it to locate nearby supports, typically through phototropism of red-shifted light reflect off of other plants.

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