Sunday 31 May 2015

PHOTO OF THE DAY : Coconut tree

I was taking a walk around a neighborhood and i saw this coconut tree growing in an angular direction.








while the rest of the trees were growing in vertical direction. And this got me thinking, why is this coconut tree bent. I often see coconut trees at beaches or at coastal areas tends to bend towards the sea. This is because the coconut trees bends to the area where they will best receive light at a large surface area, and there is always a reflection of plenty incoming light towards the trees from the sea. A plant movement called Phototropism.
but this coconut tree is not growing on the coastal areas or on the beach. Its way far from there.
                Understanding the plant movement called Phototropism: It is a movement of plants organs (stems,) in response to illumination by unilateral or unidirectional light. The response could be positive when stems bends towards a light source or negative when it bends away from the light source.
         So this coconut tree is responding negatively away from the light source, because all other trees are growing vertical or what.
Can I get an explanation to this photo? will really appreciate it.

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