Zebrina pendula leaf

LSRasmussen · Post by **LSRasmussen** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:17 am

Hi all,

Just wanted to share this image of the underside of a Zebrina pendula leaf, a common houseplant here in Denmark. Lighting is normal brightlight and the stomata are naturally highlighted.

Olympus BHS - 10x Olympus SPlan - NFK 2.5x projection eyepiece - Nikon D300

//Lars

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:13 am

Lars,

I really like this! Very graphic... nice find.

rjlittlefield · Post by **rjlittlefield** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:53 am

Agreed! I have never seen anything like the coloration on this leaf, and it is very well photographed.

--Rik

LSRasmussen · Post by **LSRasmussen** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 11:32 am

Thanks Charles & Rik,
What prompted me to look at the leaf was actually the topside as it has stripes that reflects sunlight. I was interested in how the cells managed that. Then I noticed the undeside was red/purple and had a look. I was very much surprised to see the stomata cells were green while the surrounding cells were red/purple. You do not see that without magnification.

//Lars