Botanically known as Yucca, is a plant of ethnobotanic importance. Its stiff and sword-shaped leaves have pointed tips The bell-shaped flowers hang loosely in clusters giving it the name – Christmas bells. It is a plant cultivated in rocky gardens and xeriscapes, but otherwise found abundantly in dry wastelands. In my beautiful city Chandigarh (India),…
Category: Nature
Things connected to observations in ecological context
Mint flower and leaf under Foldscope
Mentha (mint) is an aromatic plant, distributed across Europe, Africa, Asia, Australia, and North America. Leaf colors range from dark green and gray-green to purple, blue, and sometimes pale yellow. The flowers are white to purple. We observed mint flower and leaves using foldscope. It was a very simple sample preparation, for leaf, I directly placed my…
Moldy growth – In my room wall
A dampened wall due to seepage from rainwater drain pipe was noticed in my room wall and prompted by the post on ‘Air borne fungi’, I mounted the same on a slide to observe under a foldscope. I was surprised to see fungal hyphae and some unidentified cyst- like structure. However, I could not identify…
Moss in rainwater
After a few monsoon showers, the water in the large rainwater pool looked quite clear, showing no obvious sign of life, even under the foldscope. But standing in a bottle over 18 days, it got steadily cloudier. Our first surprise came when, at the foldscope workshop, teachers from TSWREIS Chilkur school put a drop of…
MOSSES & THEIR STOMATA
Today, due to heavy rain I could not arrange to go out for field study. So, I started searching for something in my own campus. In the backyard of my school I find some mosses in their sporophyte stages. When I bring them for study, I totally amazed after seeing stomata in their sporangium. After…
Bdelloid rotifer in fresh water
This smallest animal of the Earth was found in drainage water of Dhakuakhana area, Lakhimpur, Assam. The male organism lack of digestive system, our finding may be a female one.
Sticky pollen in Duranta
Foldscope unfolded sticky pollen in another plant – Duranta erecta commonly called Damyanti. Duranta erecta is a common shrub cultivated in gardens as a fence is an invasive species. It bears small blue to purple somewhat tubular flowers hanging out in terminal clusters. I split open a flower to separate stamens and carpel. The petals…
Aquatic organisms -Shrimp forms-feeding behaviour- gastric movements-
https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/gastric-and-intestinal-motility.mp4
Polychaete-feeding on bebris
https://microcosmos.foldscope.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/20180630_132558.mp4
Hidden wonders through foldscope
Referring to my earlier post on ‘Kitchen garden through Foldscope’, I am excited as well as shocked to share the presence of bug or mite which I viewed in the hairy style of bean flower. The stamens and pistil are present within the closed petals – Keel (Carina) and I took them out after giving…
Spotted dove sitting on the stone…. Nature’s ♥ by Abhi
This is the Beautiful bird of our Area Nainital with great knowledge of beats inn known as Ghuguti or Spotted Dove. I still remember, When I was 7 years old, The Hot summers, when it used produce sound I really used to get bored and lazy n so I sleep!😂 Ah!! MISS THOSE DAYS Kingdom:…
Beautiful blue magpie running in the town….. Nature’s ♥ by Abhi
Beautiful n pretty/handsome (Since, don’t know the gender) red-billed blue magpie giving pose as if it knows the fact wê are taking its picture. Lemme give some information abt this beautiful bird with help of a source! Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Corvidae Genus: Urocissa Species: U. erythroryncha
Endosperm cells from mature Coconut
This time I took a mature coconut. I took a chip of its fleshy endosperm using a simple blade and saw totally different type of cells under the foldscope. In green coconut (in my previous post), the cells were large in size and polygonal in shape, whereas in mature coconut they seemed to be somewhat…
Live Ant Under Foldscope
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5D_RO14no5s&t=1s
Kitchen garden through Foldscope
During the summer vacations, I got the opportunity of exploring foldscope as a kitchen garden tool. I was able to see microscopic wonders in my own garden and familiarize the kids and my parents about the usage of foldscope. Bean plant (Phaseolus spp.) I started with a plant with hanging beans. The bean pods were…
Brownish black speckled flower
Though not sure about the name but .......still adorable
Periphyton diversity periyar river_komvophoron sps
Komvophoron crassum , identifeied from the site A kuttambuzha ,periyar river
‘Pollen world of plants’-3
African marigold is one of the species of marigold genus.It’s scientific name is Tagetes erectus.It is also known as Mexican marigold.It is a bisexual flower having both stamen and carpel.It belongs to family Asteraceae and has racemose head inflorescense.Stamen is present inside the staminal tube and are 3 in number.Synantherous condition is seen here.Stigma is…
‘Magnificent world of butterflies’-4
Common crow butterfly is also called as common Indian crow.It belongs to family Nmyphalidae. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
Some images of algae
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‘Pollen world of plants’-2
Portulaca plant is also called as rose moss.It is grown as ornamental plant.Main feature of this plant is that it is having fleshy leaves,stem and branches.It is a dicot plant.Here i observed the pollens of this plant. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
‘Pollen world of plants’-1
Flowers are the organs of sexual reproduction in flowering plants.Their biological world is astonishing.The sexual reproduction is carried out by sexual organs called stamen(male sex organ) and carpel(female sex organ)in them.These sexual structures produces gametes which fertilize during sexual reproduction producing zygote.The stamen consists of anther and filament.The anther is also called microsporangium where microspores…
T.S of Kalmegh
DBT Grant Foldscope Of Sanjivani Pharmacy
Ephedra Stem T.S.
Foldscope Grant Sanjivani Pharmacy
Endosperm cells from green coconut
In sizzling heat of summers, I relish coconut water the most to keep myself hydrated. Coconut water is a natural, fat-free drink. Low in sugars and calories, it is rich in essential electrolytes and vitamins. This refreshing beverage is consumed worldwide as it is nutritious and beneficial for health. There is increasing scientific evidence that…
Hydrated Rosa leaf’s By Aditi
Cooling the heat , this rain cleared the view of nature Enlighting life with beauty. The smoothing voice of rain captured the vacuum, the drizzle droplets cleaning the land and soul of nature.
Magnificent world of butterflies-3
Plain tiger butterfly is a commonly seen butterfly in Nangal region and it is in abundance here.During my field visit ,i collected wing of this butterfly which was lying on the ground and observed it under foldscope. This post is open to read and review on The Winnower.
Lappet moth cocoon
In march 2018, i saw this cocoon attached to one of the rods of our grill gate.And on the next day, i saw a big moth present over this cocoon.I searched on google and came to know that it is a rose myrtle lappet moth.I waited for this cocoon to hatch.After three months(in may),i found…