Dahlia sp.

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 4:14 am

It was mostly raining this weekend. While the family was watching TV, a flower stalk of a dahlia disappeared from my wife's vase and somehow ended like this:

10x

20x

Best regards,
Ecki

Cyclops · Post by **Cyclops** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:44 am

These have a very nice luminous quality about them!

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Mon Oct 18, 2010 6:45 am

Two of the three colors used in this trichrome stain are fluorescent.

Mitch640 · Post by **Mitch640** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:20 am

Those are really beautiful. if I got images that good, I'd have them printed, big.

Ecki · Post by **Ecki** » Tue Oct 19, 2010 11:43 am

Mitch, rest assured, I will.

Here is a link to an annotated picture with the different cell types identified:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/wunderkanone/5090426332/

Regards
Ecki

Charles Krebs · Post by **Charles Krebs** » Sat Oct 23, 2010 11:05 am

Ecki,

Beautiful!
I always look forward to seeing your "sections".