6. Bamboo: Precise Flowering Intervals
Certain bamboo species possess one of nature’s most astonishing timing abilities. These plants flower just once every several decades—sometimes after counting as many as 120 years.
Amazingly, all individuals of a species will flower in perfect synchrony, regardless of their location. This synchronized mass flowering is guided by an internal “calendar,” an extraordinary feat of long-term biological timing. After flowering, the plants die, completing a life cycle counted out over generations.
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