Mam, 2nd and third pics show crystals (raphides) inside the cell. These crystals as well as their structure sometimes form a good taxonomic character of groups. Pankaj
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Ushadi micromini <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Vijayashankar: > > A I am so excited ... > > 1: first for you, this will add some new or deeper insights to > your ongoing studies.... but of course you knew that...! > 2: I am excited for myself and the whole of eflora family... > we will get to see the botanical specimen in further details... as and > when you share your finds... > > ================== > > B: > > Now, you will be Vijyashankar micromini .... > instead of / in addition to me... > > the micromini epithet was attached to my name by a few friends and > colleagues a couple or three decades ago because I was fond of doing > TEM and SEM of tumors etc....and ribosome...and mitochondria... > > > ======== > > C: and this the question section :-) > > the first pic is surface of leaf..... i imagine.... > > but what are 2 and 3rd pictures of ... a fracture of what? > > is it of a leaf and the rhoboid? structures cell walls... with > crystals etc inside? > > > ============== > > just cant stop smiling.... what a great new dimension to our > interaction will this make.... > wonderful for all of us... > > and congratulations for learning the techniques... > ushadi > > ========== > ps does this grow in mississipi??? > > > > > > > ================= > > On Jan 10, 12:44 pm, "J.M. Garg" <[email protected]> wrote: >> Thanks, Vijayasankar ji, >> Wonderly different idea & picture. >> >> For others: >> Scanning Electron Microscopy >> (SEM):http://serc.carleton.edu/research_education/geochemsheets/techniques/... >> >> A link for Scanning electron >> microscope:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scanning_electron_microscope >> >> On 10 January 2012 05:15, Vijayasankar <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > Dear all >> >> > Here is yet another b&w picture as 'my flora picture of the year 2011'. >> > I am not sure if this is suitable for this title, though. >> >> > But this is my first ever SEM picture :) It was my dream....finally came >> > true! It was a great experience to learn the techniques without a tutor >> > (but now I am helping many...). >> > The picture shows glandular and non-glandular trichomes from leaf of >> > Salvia divinorum, a psychoactive plant endemic to Mexico. >> > I recorded 5 types and 33 sub-types of trichomes (some of them are new >> > reports), from a single leaf, thanks to SEM... >> >> > Regards >> >> > Vijayasankar Raman >> > National Center for Natural Products Research >> > University of Mississippi >> >> -- >> With regards, >> J.M.Garg ([email protected])http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 >> 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' >> The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & >> eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged >> alphabetically & >> place-wise):http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can >> also use them >> for free as per Creative Commons license attached with each image. >> For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, >> please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google >> e-group:http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix(more than 1760 >> members & >> 1,00,000 messages on 21/12/11) or Efloraofindia >> website:https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/(with a species database >> of more than 6000 species). >> Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of >> India'. -- ********************************************************************** "Taxonomists getting Extinct and Species Data Deficient !!" Pankaj Kumar Ph.D. (Orchidaceae) Conservation Officer Office: Orchid Conservation Section Flora Conservation Department Kadoorie Farm and Botanic Garden (KFBG) Corporation Lam Kam Road, Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. Residence: 36c, Ng Tung Chai, Lam Tseun Tai Po, New Territories, Hong Kong. email: [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Phone: +852 2483 7128 (office - 8:30am to 5:30pm) +852 9436 6251 (mobile)
