Romanescu: The fractal cabbage

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First time I had a romanescu in my hands I couldn't believe that it was a live and eatable organism. But it is, it's similar to a cauliflower, with a milder taste.

As seen on images, the flower is made of spirals. Every element of these spirals can be a spiral too, if the element reaches enough size. I have counted four levels of recursivity.

Image gallery

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These images have been obtained using a scanner, putting the romanescu directly on the glass. It's not the best photographic technique (bad focus of areas away from the glass, and geometric distortion). You can see parts of the flower squashed against the glass. The last image is a section of the flower.

These have been taken with a 35 mm camera, and winter sun.

These have been taken modifying sligthly position of the camera. Maybe could be used to make stereograms.

Last Updated: February 3, 2004