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Kompensationsphänomene am Kaktus
Based on the hypothesis that highly succulent plants in their entirety could be compared with fruits, the correlation between their special formation of shoots, flowers, thorns, fruits and leaves… Read More
Ein Mirakel um Aussagen Rudolf Steiners zu den farbigen Schatten
Einige botanische Beobachtungen zur Entstehung des Zweckmäßigen durch Degeneration
Some botanical observations on the origin of functionality through degeneration
The obvious correlation between the special form of a plant species and its living conditions easily leads… Read More
Zur Metamorphose der Geweihgestalten
The metamorphosis of antler forms
Among the many forms of antlers there is a formative law that is common to them all, an 'archetype' in the Goethean sense. Firstly, this 'archetypal… Read More
Der Typus zwischen Irrationalität und Rationalität - oder: Das geheime Gesetz des Siebensterns (Trientalis europaea)
The ’typus’ between irrationality and rationality - or: the secret law of chickweed wintergreen (‘star-flower’, Trientalis europaea)
The theory of phyllotaxis, the positions of leaves on… Read More
Peripherie und Zentrum
Periphery and centre — indicators for inversions in plant growth
Goethe said 'that nature has no secrets that she does not somewhere present naked to the eyes of the attentive observer' (… Read More
Knoten und Internodium
Nodes and internodes — on Goethe’s concept of the spiral tendency
Starting from the interesting phenomenon of biastrepsis (‘Zwangsdrehung’), the helical twisting of shoots, in which the… Read More
Spuren des Chronos im Wurzelbereich
Traces of Chronos in the root region
Close investigation of rhythmic geniculation in root systems reveals cyclic processes of generation. Distinct roots repeatedly cease and are succeedecl… Read More
Streptocarpus mit Brutblatt
Streptocarpus with a brood leaf
In the genus Streptocarpus (Gesneriaceae) the usual generation of new leaves on the shoot is more or less replaced by a generation of new leaf parts on the… Read More