Re: [Aroid-l] Holes

From: hermine <hermine at endangeredspecies.com> on 2012.03.01 at 02:34:58(22633) > >I am not sure what you mean by "created." We may suppose that the >primeval leaf was linear, like the branches of Equisetum or the >needles of a conifer (think also of Lycopodium and Araucaria), and >that the next evolutionary step was a broadening, so as to capture >more sun. All the variations in leaves we see are developments in >response to the requirements of different niches. The >juvenile-stage leaves of a Monstera probably approximate the >ancestral leaves, in parallel with the way various organisms' >embryonic development hints at their evolutionary stages. I always thought that wind passage had something to do with it as a FAR better idea than Banana foliage, which shreds HIDEOUSLY in the wind. But ultimately I feel this is a question like "Who made G-d?". hermine +More ps why is broccoli like that? _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L@www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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