Grass

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:15 am

Wednesday evening I played around with some new staining procedures. I used the front of some grass that grows on our terrace as a sample.

It became quite colorful so I share this with you:

5x

20x

Regards
Ecki

canonian · Post by **canonian** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:28 am

Wow, beautiful, what dyes did you use ?
Can you elaborate on your new staining procedures?

Jan l'Amie · Post by **Jan l'Amie** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 3:47 am

Great pictures.
With what and how did you color ?

Pau · Post by **Pau** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 5:07 am

Excellet staining and microtome tehcnique

It's a monocotiledonacea, may you recognize my avatar in the phloema-xilema vessels?

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Fri Aug 19, 2011 6:40 am

This was an experimental staining. When it is ready and I know the results are reproducible I will publish the staining protocol here.

Starshade · Post by **Starshade** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 5:34 am

That's so awesome!

I suggest trying making a panorama under higher magnification (I think even 20x is enough) and making a huge poster-size pic out of that!

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Aug 20, 2011 10:37 am

Ecki,

Always look forward to your stained sections! Very beautiful.