I found some pine pollen and tried to stain it to enhance contrast. I need to find a source of stains that will export to South Africa, might have to ship it via surface mail as most courier companies refuse to transport little containers full of strange liquids
Pine Pollen, 40x objective, 28 image stack.
Pine pollen, 100x objective, oil, 73 image stack.
Thanks for looking,
Rudi
Pollen - Pine
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I captured the pollen on a slide with a bit of water. Then I added a bit of purple food coloring. After about 5 minutes I drained as much water as possible from the side using absorbent paper, then added more water to rinse and drained again.ChrisR wrote:Interesting. How are you preparing these?
I then added a tiny drop of alcohol/glycerin mix (50/50), waited for the alcohol to evaporate before mounting in glycerin jelly with a cover glass on top.
Rudi
Rudi