Patterns and Shapes of Leaves

 Nature- the master designer.

Nature the creator.

Nature if abused and hurt, can also become the destroyer. For Nature's punishment in the form of man-made floods you may read our story 'The Flood Fury'.

In this post we bring you Nature's creativity as seen in the leaves of plants, creepers and trees. 

All the pictures have been taken in our yard or neighbourhood in Secunderabad India. Of course, it is not an exhaustive compendium of plants and trees. But just a sample for you to appreciate Nature's variety. Can you name all the leaves in above picture?

Leaves convert sunlight to the nutrition needed by the plant or tree for its growth and sustenance. We all learnt that in the school. Does photosynthesis ring a bell? Well, sunlight is crucial for survival of all life on earth. Well, this is not meant as a science class in school.

We are sharing the pictures of some of the leaves below. You can check how many names of the leaves did you get it right? Enjoy.

That was the leaves of monsoon Lily with bright yellow flowers twice a year!

Nature's brush paint is not always green! See the following two pictures.

The Contest

The leaf of Umbrella Palm was the subject of KBG-63, the 63rd edition of Kaun Banega Ghumakkad, our online captions contest.

The Captions

KBG-63 Contest received overwhelming response from our readers. More than 400 readers browsed the contest story. We received 46 creative captions which are listed below in alphabetical order. We thank all the participants.

Sl.	Name	Caption for KBG-62 Contest
1	Ajai Bhumri	पहली नजर में प्यार हो गया.
2	Ajai Bhumri	प्राकृतिक सुन्दरता सभी की पहली चाहत.
3	Amandeep Kaur	Wohhhhoo
4	AP Sharma	Harmony in Symmetry
5	Avinash Tiwari	Suryakiran सूर्यकिरण
6	BC Jayaprakash	Ulta pulta...I am unique
7	Bharat Ladha	Nature is balanced if we don't destruct.
8	BR Natarajan	In Graphic Design Nature is the ultimate. Others can only imitate
9	Deepak Jena	Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.
10	Deepak Jena	Natures beauty comes in all sizes, not just in single size.
11	GB Sethi	Geometry Box gives two dimensions, providential geometry in nature has perfected in three dimensions - us to learn?
12	GR Sreenivasan	Nature's beautiful creations are beyond description.
13	Haripriya Bathula	Phyllotaxy! (Arrangement of leaves on a plant stem)
14	Haripriya Bathula	Perfection in an imperfect world!!
15	Jaishankar	Green radiance
16	K Thyagaraj	Nice picture
17	LS Bhargava	Law of nature- equity, balance and symmetry.
18	Manju Khetan	Wow, beautiful patterns in nature to find fractals.
19	Manu Bhatnagar	Careless perfection for joy and wonderment
20	Naresh Kumar	Spokes.
21	Naresh Kumar	Spinning wheel
22	Nidhi Bhargava	परमात्मा सबसे बडा कलाकार है, उसकी हर रचना बेजोड, बेमिसाल है
23	Pierre D'Silva	In nature, symmetric and asymmetric are both beautiful!
24	Poonam Bhargava	उत्कृष्ट रेखागांडित! प्रकृति सर्वोपरि
25	Prabhat Jindal	We have to learn so much from Nature
26	Pradeep Siwach	Prakriti ka Chakra प्रकृति का चक्र
27	PRR Rao	Awesome!
28	Radhika Sareen	समानता से एकता
29	Radhika Sareen	What if our PALM has such  symmetrical lines...whole world will be together....
30	Radhika Sareen	Nature's Geometry Box
31	Rajendra Singh	Nature, the supreme Art Teacher.
32	Ramanand Baliga	Spokes of the green cycle
33	Rashmi Bhargava	Art of nature
34	Rekha Bhargava	प्रकृति के रेखा गणित के आगे सब गणित  फेल हैँ ।
35	Ritu Bhargava	There is no better designer than nature.
36	Rohini Tiwari	Yeh kaun Chitrakaar hai... jiska yeh chamatkaar hai!
37	Shereen Sultana	Khudrat ka karishma
38	Siba K Patnaik	Gift of Nature!
39	Suhas Kedar,  Vaishali Kedar and  Sandhya Thakare	Nature's way of reconnecting people.
40	Sujata Das	The universe is pure geometry. Beautiful shape twisting around  over space-time.
41	Vandana Bhargava	अलग होकर भी जुड़े रहने में सुंदरता है।
42	Veeky Baths	In nature, nothing is perfect and everything is perfect.
43	Vinay Prasad	Nature is the mother of symmetry, geometry, shapes!
44	Vinod Dhanuka	Multi-layered creativity
45	Yogesh Verma	Jeevant
46	Ratnaja Gogula	The Big Bang!

Winners of KBG-63

Our Jury has selected four captions as the winners. The winning captions along with a brief intro of the reader are given below. We congratulate all the winners of KBG-63.

Avinash Tiwari loves golf, gardening and music. A former Col of Indian Army, he is a War Veteran of 1971 war. Having done enough route marches with his troops, he detests long morning walks except on the golf course. He is a regular contributor and winner of KBG contests. His one word caption सूर्यकिरण meaning Sun rays was the Jury's immediate choice.

Jaishankar is a creative writer, blogger and Nature lover. He is a Colonel in Indian Army. He has won several KBG contests in the past. His crisp caption 'Green Radiance' was so apt for the picture.

Naresh Kumar is an alumnus of NIT Srinagar and IIT Delhi. After retiring from the Navy as a Commodore, he served as the CMD of Hindustan Shipyards Ltd at Vizag. Presently he is an advisor to IIT Jammu. Naresh loves to travel and play golf. His caption 'Spinning Wheel' corelates the green spokes of the palm leaf.

Pradeep Siwach PhD has been Vice Chancellor of several universities after retirement from Indian Army as a Brigadier. A keen photographer, Pradeep is loved by his students and colleagues alike. He has won the KBG Contest several times. His caption प्रकृति का चक्र Prakriti Ka Chakra meaning Nature's Cycle reinforces the theme of the picture and the contest.

You may have noticed that all four winners this time are from the Armed Forces. It is just a coincidence and not by design. It brings out their creativity. Who says Fauzis are not a creative lot?

We thank both the Jury members Manik Srivastava and Neeta Bhargava for their time and continued support.

Not Just Leaves

Nature's design capabilities go beyond the leaves of plants and trees. When it comes to flowers, Nature's magic multiplies manifolds. We will bring you another edition of KBG focussed exclusively on flowers. A sample follows.

We end with a PQ- picturesque quote by Alexander Mc Queen.

Once again we thank you for your continued interest and support to KBG Contests. Without you, we would have been nowhere!

Stay connected.

    - Harsh-the-Ghumakkad with Neeta Bhargava/30th Sep 2021

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