Pollen - Heteropyxis natalensis

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Pollen - Heteropyxis natalensis

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My Lavender tree (Heteropyxis natalensis) has started flowering. Here are a 2 images of the pollen and stamen.

Stamen with pollen, Heteropyxis natalensis. 10x objective, 52 image stack.

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Pollen just above the stamen, 40x objective, 78 image stack.

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This one reminds me more of art than science....

20x objective, 34 image stack.
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Thanks for looking!
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Post by zzffnn »

Very nice! Were the plant tissues stained? Thank you for sharing
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Post by Rudix »

zzffnn wrote:Very nice! Were the plant tissues stained? Thank you for sharing
Thanks!

No, all colors natural and fresh from the tree. The stamen is quite thick and the image was quite dark so I had to run a lot of light (150W halogen) and use a bit of COL to get an image.

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Those are gorgeous!

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:D Very nice.
Thanks for sharing.

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Unusual look to very nice images!

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Very nice abstract images although they are based on natural motive !

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Nice

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