Watching tendrils

This hot June afternoon, I was able to sit down on a bench while supervising Abby riding a four-wheeled bicycle (two small ones are for support). Above me, I found some creepers extending their new territories.

The creepers grow well with green leaves and they send out threadlike tendrils in the air like fingers. Once these tendrils find whatever support and attachment, they twin around them and climb. One strange thing is that tendrils do not have a lamina or blade, but they can photosynthesize. They can be formed from modified shoots, modified leaves, or auxiliary branches. They are “magic hands” in botany.For myself, I like those "spring-like", but "not elastic" curls.

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