Oxalis "Iron Cross"

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:23 pm

Close up of an Oxalis leaf, backlit with an LED torch through an Olympus BH microscope base and condenser. (The base is missing the lamp unit that fits in the rear of the base so I just poke a torch in there!)

40 images with Nikon 10x/0.30 CF Plan objective stacked with Zerene stacker Dmap.

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 12:50 pm

Very nice.... really like it!

(We'll be looking for you over in the microscope section

)

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 2:36 pm

Not sure I really understand the title but i like the image.

Andrew

lauriek · Post by **lauriek** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:25 pm

Thanks guys!

Andrew it's what I know this species as, afraid I don't know the full latin name for this one... (You can see a picture of a whole plant here http://www.floraldimensions.com/Client/ ... .aspx?ID=5)

AndrewC · Post by **AndrewC** » Wed Sep 23, 2009 11:45 pm

lauriek wrote:Thanks guys!

Andrew it's what I know this species as, afraid I don't know the full latin name for this one... (You can see a picture of a whole plant here http://www.floraldimensions.com/Client/ ... .aspx?ID=5)

.. ah, I thought tiwas a referencer to the pattern not the species. Duh !

Andrew

Harold Gough · Post by **Harold Gough** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 1:05 am

It is Oxalis deppei syn O. tetraphylla (or not):

http://www.smgrowers.com/products/plant ... nt_id=2098

Harold

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:57 am

I quite like that , has a nice diffuse glow to it!