> in the natural habitat, where does the typical canopy start
Doesn’t have to be driven by “natural habitat”, just the current environment. You are right though, the stalk wants to grow tall quickly (but not any taller than necessary, hence the successively increasing node distance in its “search”) until there is sufficient light, then it begins to disfavor further height growth in favor of increased density of leaves (nodes, where the leaves come from)
Doesn’t have to be driven by “natural habitat”, just the current environment. You are right though, the stalk wants to grow tall quickly (but not any taller than necessary, hence the successively increasing node distance in its “search”) until there is sufficient light, then it begins to disfavor further height growth in favor of increased density of leaves (nodes, where the leaves come from)