I let my imagination run wild when I generated today's post and I thought I saw scales on a plant.
The Oct. 28  post (Swirly Wallpaper) formula with different parameters.
Ready made at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com


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                     ;  Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 10
  reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=kerrym.frm
  formulaname=LKM-quiltm2 function=cos/cosxx
  center-mag=-0.899274/-0.684337/0.3272439/1/180
  params=1.75/-0.875/0.375/-0.375 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0
  decomp=256 periodicity=0
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frm:LKM-quiltm2 {; Kerry Mitchell
     ; quilted backgrounds
     ; uses 2 iterations of 2 mandelbrot variables with different c's
     ; c1 and c2 are tiled periodically, with different frequencies
     ; z1 & z2 are multiplied together to add their angles
     ; use "decomp=256" coloring
     ; r=bailout=0 for swirly exteriors and no interiors
     ; real(p1), imag(p1) = x1, y1 frequencies for c1
     ; real(p2), imag(p2) = x2, y2 frequencies for c2
     ; try different fn1 and fn2 for added joy
  x=real(pixel), y=imag(pixel)
  a1=pi*real(p1), b1=pi*imag(p1)
  a2=pi*real(p2), b2=pi*imag(p2)
  x1=2*cos(a1*x), y1=2*cos(b1*y)
  x2=2*sin(a2*x), y2=2*sin(b2*y)
  c1=x1+flip(y1), c2=x2+flip(y2)
  z1=c1, z2=c2, r=0:
  z1=sqr(z1)+c1, z2=sqr(z2)+c2
  z=fn1(z1)*fn2(z2)
  |z| < r
  ;SOURCE: lkm.frm
}
Roger Alexander