Harvard's Lily Bloom: A Study In Contrasts

Mar 21, 2011 · now, however, mathematics has revealed that differential growth and ruffling at the edges of each petal — not in the midrib, as commonly suggested — provide the force behind. Mar 21, 2011 · harvard mathematicians reveal that ruffling at the edge of each petal drives the delicate flower to open, contradicting common theories of blooming Here we study the physical process of blooming in the asiatic lily casablanca. Mar 21, 2011 · mahadevan and liang created an animated model to show how peripheral growth causes the developing petals to ruffle at the edges and curve outward, leading to blooming. Mar 21, 2011 · seas research has revealed that differential growth and ruffling at the edges of each petal — not in the midrib, as commonly suggested — provide the force behind the lily's.

Mahadevan, a harvard physicist and coauthor of the new study on lilies, discovered the biophysical mechanism underlying the flytrap’s snare in 2005. Mar 25, 2011 · mahadevan made an important discovery about how lilies bloom, finding that ruffling at the edge of each petal drives the delicate flower to open, contradicting the previous. Mar 21, 2011 · seas research has revealed that differential growth and ruffling at the edges of each petal — not in the midrib, as commonly suggested — provide the force behind the lily's.