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a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 10:35 am
by fdupre
Hello everyone,
I share with you the photos of a daisy flower head taken under the microscope.
Capitula / floral disc in reflected light:
Equipment:
- marguerite_centre_small.jpg (102.71 KiB) Viewed 1709 times
4x objective:
- Image stacked from 80 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- margueritecentre4xMH.jpg (180.98 KiB) Viewed 1709 times
10x objective:
- Image stacked from 116 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- margueritecentre10xMH.jpg (171.23 KiB) Viewed 1709 times
10x objective:
- Image stacked from 71photos in Helicon focus with method B
- margueritedecentre10xMH.jpg (156.38 KiB) Viewed 1709 times
We can see the white petals or ligulate flowers and in the center of the capitulum, we can see the tubular flowers of yellow color, in buttons in the center and open on the ends of the capitulum.
Sincerely,
Frank
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 10:37 am
by ADi
Hello Frank,
Very nice photos, especially the last one!
Best, ADi
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 3:45 pm
by fdupre
Hello ADi,
Thank you so much
Sincerely,
Frank
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 7:51 pm
by shutterbug
I never knew they had these tiny flower pedals!!
Thank you for those great images and that insight!!
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 11:00 am
by fdupre
hello shutterbug
Thanks for your return
Sincerely,
Frank
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:09 am
by fdupre
Hello everyone,
I took microscopic photos of
the white petals or ray flowers by adding methyl blue to bring out the contrast of the "petals" (ray flowers) of the daisy:
"Petal" / ray flower side attached to the flower:
10x objective
- Image stacked from 23 photos in Helicon focus with the C method
- description_fleur_ligule_MH.jpg (145.07 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
40x objective
- Image stacked from 9 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- petale_cote_fleur40x_BM_MH.jpg (253.62 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
100x objective
- Image stacked from 11 photos in Helicon focus with method B - We can see 5 pollen grains.
- petale_cote_fleur100x_BM_MH.jpg (226.77 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
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Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 11:12 am
by fdupre
. . .
"Petal" - ray flower on the white part side:
10x objective
- Image stacked from 11 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- petale_10x_BM_MH.jpg (240.14 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
40x objective
- Image stacked from 14 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- petale_40x_BM_MH.jpg (271.54 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
100x objective
- Image stacked from 11 photos in Helicon focus with method B
- petale_100x_BM_MH.jpg (217.3 KiB) Viewed 1548 times
Methyl blue greatly improves the contrast I find
Sincerely,
Frank
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Sun May 28, 2023 1:25 pm
by perrywespa
Very nice images and I like the progression from macroscopic to microscopic. There are several articles in the archives of Micscape Magazine (online) of a similar nature. I don't remember the author but I always enjoyed reading them. I hope to see more of your excellent work.
Re: a daisy flower head taken under the microscope
Posted: Mon May 29, 2023 12:34 pm
by fdupre
perrywespa wrote: ↑Sun May 28, 2023 1:25 pm
Very nice images and I like the progression from macroscopic to microscopic. There are several articles in the archives of Micscape Magazine (online) of a similar nature. I don't remember the author but I always enjoyed reading them. I hope to see more of your excellent work.
Thank you very much for your return perrywespa