Roystonea regia pollen

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Sabatini
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Roystonea regia pollen

#1 Post by Sabatini » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:08 pm

Royal palm tree pollen.
I put them with a drop of glycerin and a coverslip.
Cross polarized light with an olympus CH2.
Olympus 10x
Leitz Berek condenser.
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MicroBob
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Re: Roystonea regia pollen

#2 Post by MicroBob » Sun Feb 28, 2021 8:17 pm

Wow - they look spikey, wouldn't like to et them in my eyes!
Pollen do stain well with fuchsin, if you have some.
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Sabatini
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Re: Roystonea regia pollen

#3 Post by Sabatini » Sun Feb 28, 2021 10:13 pm

Microbob.
Thanks for the instructions about the fuscine.
This palm tree has been right above my window for 25 years, but fortunately we have never had a pollinated eye.
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