Flower of Eden

Garden of Eden 5
x = 11, y = 11, rule = B3/S23 b3o2b2o$b2obobob3o$b3o2b5o$obobobobobo$4obobobo$4b3o$bobobob4o$obobobo bobo$5o2b3o$3obobob2o$3b2o2b3o! #C [[ THUMBSIZE 2 THEME 6 GRID GRIDMAJOR 0 SUPPRESS THUMBLAUNCH ]]
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Pattern type	Garden of Eden
Number of cells	69
Bounding box	11 × 11
Discovered by	Nicolay Beluchenko
Year of discovery	2009
Glider synthesis Synthesis is not possible.
Pattern files Plaintext gardenofeden5.cells RLE gardenofeden5.rle

Flower of Eden, otherwise known as the Garden of Eden 5, was the smallest known Garden of Eden, surpassing Garden of Eden 4, which was the smallest known Garden of Eden for five years, until December 2011, when it was surpassed by Garden of Eden 6. The orphan on which it is based is also the smallest of its kind. It is one of few known Gardens of Eden that is rotationally symmetric, and it was found by Nicolay Beluchenko on September 6, 2009. If left alone by itself it will dissolve into nothing.

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The orphan on which Garden of Eden 5 is based requires 109 cells to specify.