#distichous

Distichous phyllotaxis, also called "two-ranked leaf arrangement" is a special case of either opposite or alternate leaf arrangement where the leaves on a stem are arranged in two vertical columns on opposite sides of the stem.

sounds like a plausible mogai identity lmao

in the past few weeks the leaves went from growing opposite of each other on their stem, to slowlyyy starting to form a whorl. oh well! i love him all the same. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

this is one of my favorite aloes. i REALLY hope that it remains distichous, but i guess i’ll just have to wait and see!

Words David Foster Wallace circled in The American Heritage Dictionary of English Language. 

Distichous - ADJECTIVE: Botany Arranged in two vertical rows on opposite sides of an axis: distichous leaves. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin distichus, having two rows, from Greek distikhos ; see distich OTHER FORMS: dis ti·chous·ly(Adverb)