MicrobeHunter.com » dicot http://www.microbehunter.com of Microscopy, Microbes and More Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:31:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Pumpkin stem http://www.microbehunter.com/2011/04/30/pumpkin-stem/ http://www.microbehunter.com/2011/04/30/pumpkin-stem/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 10:00:48 +0000 Oliver http://www.microbehunter.com/?p=3204


The image shows a cross section through the stem of a pumpkin. Pumpkins belong to the dicotyledonous plants. The circular arrangement of the vascular tissue indicates this. Fifty five individual images were stitched together to make this zoomable image. The final size is about 100 megapixels (10000×10000 pixels). Happy exploring!

]]> http://www.microbehunter.com/2011/04/30/pumpkin-stem/feed/ 0 Virtual microscope: Aristolochia sipho http://www.microbehunter.com/2010/01/10/virtual-microscope-aristolochia-sipho/ http://www.microbehunter.com/2010/01/10/virtual-microscope-aristolochia-sipho/#comments Sun, 10 Jan 2010 22:09:58 +0000 Oliver http://www.microbehunter.com/?p=1451

If you can not see anything, then you need to install a flash player. The image shows the cross section of the stem of the Aristolochia sipho plant. The image is an inverted (negative) image, and not a dark-field image. Why did I choose to invert the colors? The reason is surprisingly unscientific: it simply looks better… The diameter of the stem is about 6mm across. The annual rings are also visible.

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