21-leaf clover
A 21-leaf clover discovered on June 3 by Iwate prefecture farmer Shigeo Obara has shattered the Guinness world record for most leaves on a clover stem (Trifolium repens L.). The current official record is held by an 18-leaf clover that Obara found in his garden in May 2002.
The record-breaking clover’s 21 leaves each measure about 1 centimeter long and overlap each other like rose petals on a 3-centimeter stem.
Obara, a former food crop researcher, has been conducting independent research on clovers in his garden for over 50 years. He first became interested in clover mutations after discovering an unusual patch of 4-leaf clovers in 1951. Since then, Obara has been crossbreeding the plants in his garden to research the genes associated with leaf count, color, pattern and size.
Obara plans to file a new application with Guinness, although he is considering waiting a while. “We are likely to find clovers with more leaves,” he says. Last month, a family member claimed to have found a 27-leaf clover, but the discovery was not confirmed.
While some say that 4-leaf clovers symbolize happiness, 5-leaf clovers symbolize wealth and 6-leaf clovers symbolize fame, it is unclear what 21-leaf clovers symbolize.
[Source: Yomiuri]
Amazing. love it. is that radioactive?
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I once found a patch in my garden that contained no less than four seven-leafed clovers, but I have never found any since…
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So how much luck is that meant to bring you i wonder?!
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i found a patch at my house with 19 5-leafed, and next to it one with 24 4-leafed. they where beside the tank where all the “stuff” from the toilet are in, so i guess it must be radioactive :p also there was a few 6 and 7 leafed
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A 21-leaf clover symbolizes someone with far too much time on their hands, that’s what.
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I believe a 21-leaf clover signifies quirkiness, but I’m not saying ryuchan is wrong.
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Wooooooooooow, that’s NOT a clover… i believe NONE of you have seen a real clover in your entire life…..
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well I just started finding 4 leaf clovers at a patch near my bus stop – 14 of them – and one 5 leaf lover – ive also found 1 four leaf and 1 6 leaf when I was a kid – I wonder how many more i can find??
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I am only 12 and i have right now 364 pressed 4-leaf clovers. I also have 87 5-leaf clovers and 1 6-leaf clover. I made a book to put them all in to last and many people don’t belive my incredible luck. i have only been collecting for 1 year and i already have found many. i also wonder how many more i can find as the years pass.
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Dannnnnnnnnnng…
How u do that?!?!
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that is so fake. I can do that with a mint plant if I were willing to take the time.
fake fake fake!
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first clue! he used to work in food crop research. Bet he knows how to mess with plants to make them different. Trust only have of what you see and nothing you hear.
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i think it’s bogus since it says that he does research on them. so yeah it’s obvious that he’s making them big like that
only reason the clover should be in the book of records is if he found it in the wild with no human tampering
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ok wat shd i believe in???? its real?? or its fake???? IDFK! UMM WELL ANYWAYS I REALLY DONT CAREE I DONT READ THOSE BOOKS ANY WAYS SO W/E
WHOS TEAM R U GUYS/GIRS ON?? FOR TWILIGHT. TEAM EDWARD (YEAHH GO EDWARD!!) OR TEAM JACOB??
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I found 4 4 leaf clovers before and i am not lieing! I am going to find more. I found 3 when i was helping my mom pick weeds and found the last one in my backyard. It was just 5 minutes ago! i went on the computer to see if there was other covers. This one is not fake and not saying it is fake! I know are not going to belevie me, but i do not care.
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4 leafers are’nt that hard to find
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i found a 5 leaf clover. at first i thought i was the only one in the world then i found a 27 leaf clover. it shatered my hopes of being in the world record books. so f u
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okay so the same guy that found a 18 leaf clover and went into the world record book, then he found a 21 leaf clover,same guy,so i guess that must mean he probably did something to the 18 leafed clover to make it a 21,since they must be radioactive :p
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I have been finding four leaf clovers for years. I have thousands dried and pressed, and make “art” with them.
This 21 leaf specimen does not count in my book because he is manipulating them. All my clovers were found growing on their own in nature.
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duhh he made it it says there he purposely bred them with specific ones depending on number of leafs and patters on them so it isnt a mystery if he “manipulated” it you guys are just making things harder than they are
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