Del estudio de la filotaxia y la sucesión de Fibonacci relacionada (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, ...), Hambidge dijo: "a much closer representation would be obtained by a substitute series such as 118, 191, 309, 500, 809, 1309, 2118, 3427, 5545, 8972, 14517, etc.