Succulent Swirl

    Aloe polyphylla Schonl. ex Pillans

    The spiral aloe is a rare and beautiful aloe from the high Maluti Mountains of Lesotho. It does not occur naturally anywhere outside Lesotho with the exception of one record on the Lesotho border with the Free State. There are apparently also unsubstantiated reports of it growing in theen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drakensberg in San Francisco.)

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    1. D.James | Darren J. Ryan, Theremina, rageforst, sanfranciscotom, and 24 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    2. Claudecf (81 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for adding this great photo to the Coiled Group. :)

    3. Kwisatch (80 months ago | reply)

      I bet you can find the golden ratio somewhere in there.

    4. elroySF (80 months ago | reply)

      Hey, I never thought of that. But this would be a Fibonacci series I believe.

    5. Incognita Nom de Plume (67 months ago | reply)

      This works on so many levels

    6. horstgeorg (65 months ago | reply)

      Great composition !

      This picture was voted Flawless from

    7. lukeyan91 (65 months ago | reply)

      This picture was voted Flawless from

    8. Erin Branham (65 months ago | reply)

      So cool! At first I thought this was one of those "spiral staircase" pictures. Great find.

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      Seen in *Flawless or Flawed* (Post 1, Comment on 3) (?)

    9. brewbooks (65 months ago | reply)

      Already a fave - but great photo must visit Strybing Arboretum sometime. One of these days, I'd like to see this up in the mountains of Lesotho.

    10. Lienchen's Photography [deleted] (65 months ago | reply)

    11. elroySF (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks for all the thumbs up folks! :-)

    12. elroySF (65 months ago | reply)

      Thanks folks! :-)

    13. yellowrubberduck (60 months ago | reply)

      Hi, I'm an admin for a group called Swirl World!, and we'd love to have your photo added to the group.

    14. Daddy Woofer (53 months ago | reply)

      Lets give some credit to the ORIGINAL! Well done.

    15. elroySF (53 months ago | reply)

      Thanks! *blush*

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