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 This is a flower stamen that I plucked off of a small white flower. I placed it straight onto the microscope plate and put a few piece of tape in between the two sides of the slide to prevent it from being to squished. I think that these pictures are super interesting because not only can you see the main structures of the stamen, you can also see all the pollen on the stamen and the pollen that fell off. I noticed while preparing my plate that the pollen fell off the structure so easily.

Flower Stamen &#8211; Bio60_2019

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 The brighter red picture is a picture of a rose petal when I first got it. The next two pictures are petals from the same rose but taken 7 weeks later after the rose had been drying in my room.


 The color difference is very clear between the two pedals, but it is also much easier to see and distinguish the individual cells in the dried rose. They appear to be much more transparent and more distinct from one another. My hypothesis is that it it easier to see through the cells of the dried rose because there is no longer any water or liquids left in the dried cells. this means there is less substance to stop the light from passing through.

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