Viewing post #1138243 by JRsbugs

sooby said:I was thinking they were opposite but each pair at right angles, if that makes any sense. In other words there would be two "leaves/branches" pointing east and west, the next pair up would be pointing north and south, then back to E-W and then N-S. So it looks zig-zag up one side of the trunk but is the same on the opposite side.

I can see it now! It looked like the leaves came off the trunk with 4 in the same radius. It's the upward angle which makes it difficult to tell.

CLAYBYRD said:

Your observation is correct. All the wholes are scars of fallen leaf branches and are offset in quarters but matching in halves. Hope you can follow my description, having a hard time thinking of a clear way to explain it.

Yep, I can follow it now. The leaves look so much closer towards the top but the height is giving a false impression.

The mystery continues.