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yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social
Plants never stop moving. This is circumnutation, the spiral sway Darwin documented in 1880, revealed only through timelapse
August 23, 2026 at 1:08 PM
akhateli.farm
Today is Charles Darwin’s birthday, 215 years ago!

Here’s his detailed diagram of the *circumnutation of tendrils*. 🌱🪴
portrait of Charles Darwin, 1881 'On The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants' by Charles Darwin
February 12, 2024 at 1:24 PM
katarzynaretzer.bsky.social
exciting to watch
#root
#rootforaging
#circumnutation
and
#rootangle
formation on soil in darkness - imaged via
#IRLEDs
and
#RaspberryPi
camera
#plantscience
exploring the
#hiddenhalf
- testing image analysis @bokuvienna.bsky.social using the
#DDrC
device Simon Pree et al.
November 30, 2024 at 10:20 PM
jennifermach.bsky.social
Now down a rabbit hole about heliotropism, which is not covered in this book (he calls it circumnutation, which sunflower seedlings do, but movement of the flower head is a different phenomenon). #IAmWriting
jennifermach.bsky.social Jennifer Mach (she/they) @jennifermach.bsky.social · Jan 11
This is the book, a little late for the deadline on my birdseed article, but enjoyable. It does cover all the Asteraceae, not just Helianthus––that might be a little "this could have been an article" padding, but I ain't mad. reaktionbooks.co.uk/work/sunflow...
Sunflowers | Reaktion Books
Sunflowers are the most recognizable members of the world’s largest family of plants, Asteraceae, which includes lettuce, chrysanthemums, asters, dahlias and weeds. The sunflower family is found in al...
reaktionbooks.co.uk
January 11, 2026 at 7:28 PM
coretext.bsky.social
Word of the Week: Circumnutation 🌿 The slow circular movement of growing plant stems and tendrils. It helps climbing plants find support and adjust to light. What word should we feature next?
February 26, 2026 at 12:35 AM
aobp.bsky.social
♻️ ‘United we stand, divided we fall’: intertwining as evidence of joint actions in pea plants by Bianca Bonato and co-authors.

Full #openaccess
👉 bit.ly/496pHWS

#PlantScience
Graphical depiction of the trajectories for an exemplary couple of handler and grasper plants. Panel A represents the tendrils circumnutation trajectories. The blue line represents the circumnutation trajectory for the handler plant. Note that it is not perpendicular to its vertical axis but is inclined towards the other plant. The red dotted line represents the circumnutation trajectory for the grasper plant, ending with a grasping phase, represented by the black arrow. The orange dots represent the origin of the plants. Yellow dots represent the internode of the plants. Orange and yellow dots represent the plants’ stems. Panel B presents a graphical illustration of the ‘distance between the circumnutation center of gravity and the origin of the plant’ (a for the handler; b for the grasper) and the ‘distance from the gravity center of circumnutation to the other plant’ (c).
August 12, 2024 at 12:33 PM
roto-rub.bsky.social
A big thanks to Qiuran Wang who gave a talk in yesterday´s ROTO lecture series and showed her fascinating work on circumnutation in pea plants. 🌿
Thank you also to everyone who joined in and helped create a lively discussion! 🤗
#HPBio #PhilSci
Screenshot from zoom showing the title slide of the talk "Plants on the Move: Empirical Evidence of Motor Cognition in Pea Plants" and the speaker Qiuran Wang. Screenshot from zoom showing patterns of circumnutation in climbing plants as well as the participants in zoom. Screenshot from zoom showing the participants during discussion.
May 7, 2024 at 11:51 AM
katherineapreston.bsky.social
For an intro bio lab years ago, I set up a variation of Darwin's cool system that used parallax and a glass plate to trace circumnutation. Amazingly clever and fun for students.
tomkimmerer.bsky.social Tom Kimmerer, PhD @tomkimmerer.bsky.social · Feb 12
Darwin wrote 15 books documenting his exploration of nature. Although Origin of Species is the most famous, his other books are interesting and still largely relevant today. I read The Power of Movement in Plants as an undergrad and was captivated by his approach to understanding plants. 2/3
The title page of Charles Darwin’s The Power of Movement in Plants published in 1896.
February 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
mshartati.bsky.social
Please help our brother and sister from Gaza here to survive in this difficult situation and circumnutation that caused by 1sr4h3LL. You can donate them by click the link in the post or just retweet to spread awareness. Thank you
November 24, 2025 at 9:43 PM
phytotastic.bsky.social
Going in circles looking for friends

https://plants.lasse.co.uk/fact-archive/going-in-circles-looking-for-friends/

Going in circles looking for friends
Despite the description of plants as sessile organisms, they are able to move to some extent. Circumnutation is a term used to describe the circular movements made by plant shoots. Many climbing plants use this movement to search for som...
plants.lasse.co.uk
June 10, 2026 at 7:54 AM
wordbot.bsky.social
Word of the Hour: Nutation - Circumnutation. #WordOfTheHour #WordOfTheDay
September 19, 2026 at 7:00 AM
shoq.bsky.social
Always mesmerized by how IVY wraps like this with such precision, each wrap spacing is almost identical to the previous. Sometimes within a 32nd of an inch. Thanks to chatgpt, I now roughly understand it, and know what it’s called: “circumnutation.”
August 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
biorxiv-plants.bsky.social
Salt stress reverses root circumnutation, -skewing and -growth direction in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.27.747533v1
August 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
aobp.bsky.social
🌱New article in @aobp.bsky.social on how pea plants coordinate movement to maximize light exposure, forming unique structures in absence of support.

Full #openaccess
👉 bit.ly/496pHWS

#PlantScience
Graphical depiction of the trajectories for an exemplary couple of handler and grasper plants. Panel A represents the tendrils circumnutation trajectories. The blue line represents the circumnutation trajectory for the handler plant. Note that it is not perpendicular to its vertical axis but is inclined towards the other plant. The red dotted line represents the circumnutation trajectory for the grasper plant, ending with a grasping phase, represented by the black arrow. The orange dots represent the origin of the plants. Yellow dots represent the internode of the plants. Orange and yellow dots represent the plants’ stems. Panel B presents a graphical illustration of the ‘distance between the circumnutation center of gravity and the origin of the plant’ (a for the handler; b for the grasper) and the ‘distance from the gravity center of circumnutation to the other plant’ (c).
February 15, 2024 at 2:33 PM
plantenzo.bsky.social
Or go directly to the article:
Sheng, H., Bouwmeester, H.J. and Munnik, T. (2024), Phosphate promotes Arabidopsis root skewing and circumnutation through reorganisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton. New Phytol. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Phosphate promotes Arabidopsis root skewing and circumnutation through reorganisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton
Phosphate (Pi) plays a key role in plant growth and development. Hence, plants display a range of adaptations to acquire it, including changes in root system architecture (RSA). Whether Pi triggers .....
doi.org
October 18, 2024 at 7:50 AM
asimresearcher.bsky.social


Salt stress reverses root circumnutation, -skewing and -growth direction in Arabidopsis

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.27.747533v1
August 31, 2026 at 10:25 AM
biorxivpreprint.bsky.social
Salt stress reverses root circumnutation, -skewing and -growth direction in Arabidopsis https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.08.27.747533v1
August 28, 2026 at 3:02 PM
shoq.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy
Always mesmerized by how IVY wraps like this with such precision, each wrap spacing is almost identical to the previous. Sometimes within a 32nd of an inch. Thanks to chatgpt, I now roughly understand it, and know what it’s called: “circumnutation.”
August 17, 2026 at 3:53 PM
plantenzo.bsky.social
Of ga meteen naar het artikel:
Sheng, H., Bouwmeester, H.J. and Munnik, T. (2024), Phosphate promotes Arabidopsis root skewing and circumnutation through reorganisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton. New Phytol. doi.org/10.1111/nph....
Phosphate promotes Arabidopsis root skewing and circumnutation through reorganisation of the microtubule cytoskeleton
Phosphate (Pi) plays a key role in plant growth and development. Hence, plants display a range of adaptations to acquire it, including changes in root system architecture (RSA). Whether Pi triggers .....
doi.org
October 18, 2024 at 7:46 AM
plantcmb.bsky.social
This week, Shih-Heng Su (Masson lab, masson.genetics.wisc.edu) will present "Integrating Mathematical Models and GWAS to Uncover the Genetic Basis of Root Circumnutation" at the PlantCMB seminar. Join us at noon on Wednesday, November 12.
November 11, 2025 at 6:51 PM
longtail-news.bsky.social
Feed: "Science News Explores"
By: Alison Pearce Stevens on Monday, April 28, 2025
Scientists Say: Circumnutation
Plants are always on the move, their tips slowly waving in search of better light — a process called circumnutation.
www.snexplores.org
April 28, 2025 at 2:53 PM
kensycoop.bsky.social
Also dig this "circumnutation of a young leaf whilst emerging from the ground, feebly illuminated from above..."
November 12, 2024 at 12:16 PM
kensycoop.bsky.social
Darwin's 'The Power of Movement in Plants' (1880) is teeming with figures. 54 in Chapter 1 alone, documenting the “circumnutation of seedlings.”

Hard to pick a favorite, but quite fond of this one—shows the “circumnutation of a very young frond, traced in darkness…”
November 12, 2024 at 12:09 PM
englishwordbot.bsky.social
The word "circumnutation" on a stylized background
June 6, 2025 at 2:00 AM